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Yellow-headed caracara

Birds

The yellow-headed caracara, Daptrius chimachima, is a New World bird of prey in the falcon family Falconidae, of the order Falconiformes. It ranges across North and South America from Nicaragua to Uruguay. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Milvago chimachima 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 2
Body Size Band
Medium 4
Activity Pattern
Diurnal 4
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Falconidae, Taxa
Source Yellow-headed caracara (Wikidata)

In Biome

Savanna, Biomes
Source Yellow-headed caracara (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Belgium

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Brazil

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Colombia

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Ecuador

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Norway

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South America

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • Diet: Carnivore
2. Yellow-headed caracara (Wikipedia)
  • Section: Distribution and habitat
    The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly treed open landscapes, like savannas with palms and scattered trees, ranchlands and pastures, gallery forests, and the edges of denser forests.
  • Infobox: status2
    CITES_A2
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Savanna, Section: Distribution and habitat; begins "The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly"
    The yellow-headed caracara is a bird of lightly treed open landscapes, like savannas with palms and scattered trees, ranchlands and pastures, gallery forests, and the edges of denser forests.
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3. Yellow-headed caracara (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28484 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Falconidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 bird functional traits (BirdFuncDat)
Ecological Society of America, Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • Row: milvago chimachima
    4927 Nonpasseriformes Falconiformes Falconidae Falcons and caracaras 35 BL3 Milvago chimachima Yellow-headed Caracara 20 10 20 20 0 20 10 0 0 0 VertFishScav Ref_2 A Jennifer 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 1 Jessica 0 315.21 Dunning08 1
  • BirdFuncDat.txt row Milvago chimachima, Nocturnal column
    Milvago chimachima Yellow-headed Caracara 20 10 20 20 0 20 10 0 0 0 VertFishScav Ref_2 A Jennifer 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 Ref_2 1 Jessica 0
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