Digging

Southern Crested Caracara

Scientific name: Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777)

Portuguese: Carcará, caracará, carancho, caracaraí (Ilha do Marajó),gavião-de-queimada e gavião-calçudo

 

This big, long-legged hawk is easily identified in flight by its large head and white patches at the ends of its rounded wings.

 

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