Crested Caracara Identification - All About Birds The Crested Caracara looks like a hawk with its sharp beak and talons, behaves like a vulture, and is technically a large tropical black-and-white falcon It is instantly recognizable standing tall on long yellow-orange legs with a sharp black cap set against a white neck and yellow-orange face
Caracara (subfamily) - Wikipedia Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae They are traditionally placed in subfamily Polyborinae with the forest falcons, [1] but are sometimes considered to constitute their own subfamily, Caracarinae, [2] or classified as members of the true falcon subfamily, Falconinae [3]
Crested Caracara | Audubon Field Guide The Crested Caracara is a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion Aggressive, it may chase vultures away from road kills Widespread in the American tropics, it enters our area only near the Mexican border and in Florida
Audubons Crested Caracara - U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Audubon’s crested caracara is a large bird of prey with a prominent crest, bare face, thick bill, long neck, and long legs Adult males and females look alike, with dark brownish-black feathers on their crest, wings, back, and lower abdomen
Audubons Crested Caracara | FWC - Florida Fish and Wildlife . . . Audubon’s crested caracara is a large species of raptor that can reach a body length of 19 7-25 2 inches The caracara has a dark brown-black belly, wings, back, and crown; and a white lower belly, head, and throat
Crested Caracara - Facts, Diet, Habitat Pictures on . . . The Crested caracara (Caracara plancus), previously called Audubon's caracara, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae Though in the same family as the typical falcons, it is very different both in shape and habits
Caracara | Crested, South American, Raptor | Britannica Caracara, any of about 10 species of birds of prey of the New World subfamily Polyborinae (or Daptriinae) of the family Falconidae Caracaras feed largely on carrion, birds, reptiles, and amphibians They are gregarious and aggressive