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Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 38,245, February 36,583, March 41,557, April 78,853, May 48,314, June 23,451, July 21,092, August 21,766, September 25,866, October 27,552, November 35,883, December 34,781.
United States511,369
Texas13,264
Arizona10,605
Mexico8,256
Argentina6,873
Brazil6,235
Buenos Aires2,073
Sao Paulo1,675
Costa Rica1,547
Santa Fe1,307

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderFalcons and Caracaras · Falconiformes
FamilyFalcons and Caracaras · Falconidae
GenusCrested Caracaras · Caracara

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