#Caracara cheriway

[fatchance]

Crested caracara / caracara quebrantahuesos (Caracara cheriway), Pima County, Arizona.

The name caracara is probably imitative of the bird's call. The Spanish common name quebrantahuesos is literally bone breaker.

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BOTD: Crested Caracara

Photo: Manjith Kainickara

"Related to the typical falcons, but very different in shape and habits. The Crested Caracara is a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion. Aggressive, it may chase vultures away from road kills. Widespread in the American tropics, it enters our area only near the Mexican border and in Florida. 'Caracara' comes from a South American Indian name, based on the bird's call."

- Audubon Field Guide

[fiercerthanyou]

“Mighty Pair”

© Dinorah Graue Obscura, Mexique

[herpsandbirds]

A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, attempts to drive away a Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, South TX, USA

photograph by Wayne Williams

[anam2s]

Can I request a crested caracara? I absolutely love your style!

Northern crested caracara (Caracara cheriway)

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148854597] Northern Crested Caracara || Caracara plancus ssp. cheriway Observed in Mexico

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A "painted vulture" ("Sarcoramphus sacra" or "S. papa sacra") is described in William Bartram's notes of his travels in Florida during the 1770s. This bird's description matches the appearance of the king vulture except that it had a white, not black, tail.[23] Bartram describes the bird as being relatively common and even claimed to have collected one.[23] However, no other naturalists recorded the painted vulture in Florida and sixty years after the sighting, its validity began to be questioned, leading to what John Cassin described as the most inviting problem in North American ornithology.[23] An independent account and painting was made of a similar bird by Eleazar Albin in 1734.[24] While most early ornithologists defended Bartram's honesty, Joel Asaph Allen argued that the painted vulture was mythical and that Bartram mixed elements of different species to create this bird.[23] Allen pointed out that the birds' behavior, as recorded by Bartram, is in complete agreement with the caracara's.[23] For example, Bartram observed the birds following wildfires to scavenge for burned insects and box turtles. Such behavior is typical of caracaras, but the larger and shorter-legged king vultures are not well adapted for walking. The crested caracara (Caracara cheriway) was believed to be common and conspicuous in Bartram's days, but it is notably absent from Bartram's notes if the painted vulture is accepted as a Sarcoramphus.[23] However, Francis Harper argued that the bird could, as in the 1930s, have been rare in the area Bartram visited and could have been missed.[23] Harper noticed that Bartram's notes were considerably altered and expanded in the printed edition, and the detail of the white tail appeared in print for the first time in this revised account. Harper believed that Bartram could have tried to fill in details of the bird from memory and got the tail coloration wrong.[23] Harper and several other researchers have attempted to prove the former existence of the king vulture, or a close relative, in Florida at this late date, suggesting that the population was in the process of extinction and finally disappeared during a cold spell.[23][25] Additionally, William McAtee, noting the tendency of birds to form Floridian subspecies, suggested that the white tail could be a sign that the painted vulture was a subspecies of the king vulture.[26]

Cryptid of the Day: Florida Painted Vulture

Description: In the 1770s, William Bartram documented and collected a specimen of, what he described as, a painted vulture in Florida. It had a fleshy neck, bald head, and colorful feathers of purple, red & yellow. Despite the claim the bird was abundant, no one else has ever seen it 

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Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)

© Charles Thomas

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[triruntu]

day 346, a crested caracara for @ahalfofoneforbreafast.  

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Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Adult and Juvenile

Chuluota, FL 

[cool-critters]

Northern crested caracara (Caracara cheriway)

The northern crested caracara is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. The northern caracara is a resident in Cuba, northern South America and most of Central America and Mexico, just reaching the southernmost parts of the United States, including Florida, where it is resident but listed as threatened. Northern caracaras inhabit various types of open and semi-open country. They typically live in lowlands but can live to mid-elevation in the Northern Andes. The northern caracara has a length of 49–58 cm and a wingspan of 107–130 cm. The northern caracara is a carnivorous scavenger that mainly feeds on carrion. 

photo credits:  MAULI, Betty Wills, Edwin Dalorzo

[scottpartridge]

Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway

[herpsandbirds]

Three friends share a carcass at Potrero Ranch outside of Kingsville, TX, USA.

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), family Cathartidae, order Accipitriformes

Harris Hawk's aka Bay-winged Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes

photograph by Josefina Espinosa Salumunek  

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[syngoniums]

Northern crested caracara (Caracara cheriway).