Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777)

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Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777)

Records. Table 3.

Southern Caracara (n = 196) individuals were easily recognizable by their size (Wc = 38.3 cm ± 3.2; n = 50), shape, and color. Adult individuals had dark brownish cap, belly, thighs, most of the wings, and tail-tip. The auriculars, throat, and nape were whitish beige; the chest, neck, mantle, back, uppertail and undertail coverts, and basal part of the tail were whitish beige barred with dark brown. The bare facial skin and cere were deep-yellow to reddish-orange; the legs were yellow. The juveniles resembled adults in color but were paler, with streaking on the chest, neck, and back, the facial skin and cere were pinkish, and their legs were grey ( Fig. 13).