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Caracara cheriway (Jacquin, 1784) Crested Caracara; Caracara plancus

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ID Tips Life History BBS Map CBC Map Taxonomy(ITIS) Glossary Back to List Crested caracara Caracara cheriway Identification Tips: Length: 21 inches Wingspan: 48 inches Sexes similar Medium-sized, broad-winged, long-tailed hawk Thick, gray hooked beak, with reddish cere and bare facial skin around eye Long neck, especially apparent in flight Long legs Black cap with slight crest at rear of head White bases to outer six primaries form white panel on outer wing like that on Black Vulture White rump, uppertail and undertail coverts White tail with black barring and thick terminal band Black belly Adult: Black back Breast and upper back marked by fine, dark vermiculations Immature: Brown back Pale buff neck and throat Pale breast streaked with dark brown Similar species: Black Vulture has a similar white wing panel on dark wings, but is otherwise quite different in shape and coloration. Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. Patuxent Bird Population Studies Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 1 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Caracara cheriway%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Caracara cheriway Crested Caracara ID: 0000 0000 0805 1116 [detail] © 2005 Will Chatfield-Taylor Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley