Crested Caracara
Caracara cheriway
Summary 2
The Northern Crested Caracara, Northern Caracara, or Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) as it is properly known where it lives in the Americas, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Southern Caracara (C. plancus) and the extinct Guadalupe Caracara (C. lutosa) as the "Crested Caracara". It has also been known as the Audubon's Caracara. As with its relatives, the Northern Caracara was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus....
Fuentes y Créditos
- (c) Jamie Drake, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/56947492@N00/367630743
- (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracara_cheriway
