#1105 · 🐦 birds

Yellow-headed Caracara

🇳🇱 Geelkopcaracara ·Daptrius chimachima

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Mário Jorge Maia de Magalhães · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © christrent · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Rodrigo Paiva Lázaro · CC BY 4.0
7. Parque Ecológico, Campinas - SP, Brasil:© Nelson Wisnik · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Commerce St, Wilmington, DE, US:© Matt Felperin · CC BY 4.0
9. Montelibano, Montelíbano, Córdoba, Colombia:© Jesús Arana · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Parque Ecológico, Campinas - SP, Brasil:© Nelson Wisnik · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow-headed caracara ( Daptrius chimachima ) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America. Unlike the falcons in the same family, the caracara is not a fast-flying aerial hunter, but is rather sluggish and often obtains food by scavenging.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,027iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).