yellow-headed caracara
milvago chimachima latin

A paleosubspecies of the Yellow-headed Caracara from Florida is also known.

The Yellow-headed Caracara has benefited from forest clearing for cattle ranching.

According to the Peregrine Fund database, the Yellow-headed Caracara is expanding its range into Nicaragua.

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

The Yellow-headed Caracara is omnivorous, and will eat reptiles, amphibians and other small animals as well as carrion.

"Falco" readei is now considered a paleosubspecies of the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima).

The yellow-headed caracara has been observed to forage for small invertebrates in the fur of the sloths, apparently without the sloth being disturbed by the attention.

In Panama City for example, as a result of the increased urban sprawl, Yellow-headed Caracara pairs are frequently seen along the rooftops in suburban neighborhoods.

This term is also applied to other birds, e.g. the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) of Latin America.

Some species, including Cattle Egret, Yellow-headed Caracara and Galah, have spread naturally far beyond their original ranges as agricultural practices created suitable new habitat.

Both the mesocarp and the seed are edible for humans as well as many animals, including usually carnivorous species like the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima).

The Yellow-headed Caracara is a resident bird from Costa Rica south through Trinidad and Tobago to northern Argentina (the provinces of Misiones, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes and Santa Fe).

In southern South America, it is replaced by a close relative, the Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango), whose range overlaps with that of the Yellow-headed Caracara in southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot publishes the description of Milvago chimachima, the Yellow-headed Caracara in the first issue of Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine [1].

The Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

"Falco" readei is now considered a paleosubspecies of the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima).

This term is also applied to other birds, e.g. the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) of Latin America.

Both the mesocarp and the seed are edible for humans as well as many animals, including usually carnivorous species like the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima).