Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) Science Article 1 abstract Although the Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) is widely distributed, common birds in South America, little is known concerning their breeding biology. Bierregaard (in del Hoyo et al. 1994) conducted an excellent review of known data, but details are based on fragmented observations, are incomplete, and often inferential […]
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Feeding associations between capybaras Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus) (Mammalia, Hydrochaeridae) and birds in the Lami Biological Reserve, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) Science Article 2 abstract Feeding associations between capybaras Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) and some bird species were registered in the Lami Biological Reserve, southern Brazil, through observations in a set of transects established in the five major vegetation types of the study area: shrubby and herbaceous swamps, wet grasslands, sandy grasslands […]
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
[order] FALCONIFORMES | [family] Falconidae | [latin] Milvago chimachima | [authority] Vieillot, 1816 | [UK] Yellow-headed Caracara | [FR] Caracara a tete jaune | [DE] Gelbkopf-Karakara | [ES] Caracara Chimachima | [NL] Geelkopcaraca Subspecies Monotypic species Genus A south American bird of prey, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, […]
Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)
[order] FALCONIFORMES | [family] Falconidae | [latin] Milvago chimango | [authority] Vieillot, 1816 | [UK] Chimango Caracara | [FR] Caracara chimango | [DE] Chimangokarakara | [ES] Caracara Chimango | [NL] Chimango Subspecies Monotypic species Genus A south American bird of prey, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are […]