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Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador, French Guiana,Guatemala,Guyana,Honduras,Mexico,Netherlands Antilles,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Breeding Range
cheriway
s USA to n SA. Also Cuba, Aruba and Trinidad
plancus
se Peru, n Bolivia to e Brazil s to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is.
(Miller, JF, 1777): NOTE(ENG: Change English name of C. plancus from Southern Crested Caracara to Crested Caracara following lump with C. cheriway (SACC 878).)
German
Schopfkarakara
French
Caracara huppé
Chinese
凤头巨隼
Japanese
ミナミカラカラ
Russian
Обыкновенная каракара
Spanish
Carancho meridional
Portuguese
carcará-de-poupa
Bird Data App text
A large caracara found from United States to tip of South America. Like other caracara, sometimes eats carrion.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)