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Southern Caracara

Caracara plancus

Description:

This species has an extremely large range and their population trend appears to be increasing, so they are listed as Least Concern.

Habitat:

The Southern Caracara occurs from Tierra del Fuego in southernmost South America north to the Amazon River region and southern Peru, avoiding the Andean highlands and dense humid forest, such as the Amazon rainforest.

Notes:

Photographed at the Barranquilla zoo.

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27 Comments (1–25)

yunseong1
yunseong1 9 years ago

AMAZING!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Magnificent !

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

what a beauty

AshokSaini
AshokSaini 12 years ago

wow great

isscarr
isscarr 12 years ago

Wonderful bird!
Wonderful shot!

AlbertTamayo
AlbertTamayo 12 years ago

Perfect shot! Wonderful DOF!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Gorgeous shot!

Jaybird
Jaybird 12 years ago

Wonderful shot!

EdMarshall
EdMarshall 12 years ago

Lovely shot

Cadi
Cadi 12 years ago

Beautiful photo; I wish there were some striking birds like that around here that I can find!

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Amazing picture Carolina. Great find. Never seen one of these guys before. Thanks for sharing :)

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Thank you all!!

JavierSalazar
JavierSalazar 12 years ago

Nice shot!

JenniferJubenville
JenniferJubenville 12 years ago

Nice shot!

takmeng.wong
takmeng.wong 12 years ago

Awesome bird!

JohnMatzick
JohnMatzick 12 years ago

Absolutely Gorgeous!

Joseph Christopher
Joseph Christopher 12 years ago

Nice Colors!

wonju.brian
wonju.brian 12 years ago

What a noble looking bird.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Great feat from treasures of Amazonian empire.....

Habe dieEhre
Habe dieEhre 12 years ago

what a beautfiful bird!

hookgv
hookgv 12 years ago

A most handsome bird !

This bird is stunning and so regal! Beautiful picture!

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Thank you Laura and nwelch! They are beautiful, and I really love the sound they make: http://www.xeno-canto.org/recording.php?...

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

The colours are fabulous, this is such an amazing bird :) A beautiful portrait

nwelch101
nwelch101 12 years ago

Great shot! I could never get a good picture of a Caracara on the Ucayali river.

Carolina
Spotted by
Carolina

Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Spotted on Nov 26, 2010
Submitted on Apr 9, 2011

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