Mountain Caracara

Mountain Caracara
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Genus:	Phalcoboenus
Species:	P. megalopterus
Binomial name
Phalcoboenus megalopterus (Meyen, 1834)

The Mountain Caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus) is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in puna and páramo in the Andes, ranging from southern Ecuador, through Peru and Bolivia, to northern Argentina and Chile. It is generally uncommon to fairly common. A highly opportunistic bird commonly seen walking on the ground, it will feed on both carrion and virtually any small animal it can catch. It resembles the closely related Carunculated Caracara and White-throated Caracara, but unlike those species its chest is uniform black. Juveniles are far less distinctive than the red-faced pied adults, being overall brown with dull pinkish-grey facial skin.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Phalcoboenus megalopterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

• Pictures of Phalcoboenus megalopterus.

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