Ecuador Photo Gallery: caracaras

We visited Ecuador in November, 2019.

Falcons and caracaras are diurnal birds of prey that kill with their beaks instead of their talons like hawks, eagles, and kites do. There are nineteen species.

Carunculated caracara, Phaleoboenus carunculatus

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Yellow-headed caracara, Milvago chimachima


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