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Crested Caracara / Caracara plancus LC
- Synonyms Mexican buzzard, Common Caracara, Crested/Southern Caracara, Mexican eagle, Southern or Crested Caracara, Florida caracara, Savanna Kite, Southern Crested Caracara, caracara eagle, Audubon's caracara, Southern Caracara, South American Caracara
- Old latin name for bird Polyborus planchus, Polyborus plancus, Falco plancus
Crested Caracarabird sounds *
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Where to see Crested Caracara
- Breeding region Middle America, North America, South America
- Breeding subregion s USA to s SA, Falkland Is.
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Crested Caracara subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caracara plancus cheriway | s USA to n SA. Also Cuba, Aruba and Trinidad | - | No |
| Caracara plancus plancus | se Peru, n Bolivia to e Brazil s to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Is. | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Каракара |
| Catalan | caracarà crestat meridional |
| Chinese | 凤头巨隼, 风头巨隼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 南美鳳頭卡拉鷹 |
| Croatian | krunata karakara |
| Czech | Karanco jižní, karančo jižní |
| Danish | Caracara |
| Dutch | Noordelijke Kuifcaracara/Zuidelijke Kuifcaracara, Carancho, Kuifcaracara |
| Esperanto | Suda karakaro |
| Estonian | tuttkarakaara |
| Finnish | Töyhtökarakara, eteläntöyhtökarakara |
| French | Caracara commun, Caracara du Nord ou C. huppé, Caracara de Cheriway, Caracara huppé ou C. du Nord, Caracara huppé |
| German | Schopfkarakara, Nord-/Schopfkarakara, Karakara |
| Guarani | Kara kara |
| Hungarian | bóbitás karakara |
| Icelandic | Gammfálki, Gamm-/kambfálki |
| Irish | Caracara deisceartach |
| Italian | Caracara crestato, Caracara meridionale |
| Japanese | カンムリカラカラ/ミナミカラカラ, カラカラ, ミナミカラカラ |
| Latvian | dienvidu karakara |
| Lithuanian | kuoduotoji karakara |
| Norwegian | nordkarakara/gribbkarakara, gribbkarakara |
| Polish | karakara czarnobrzucha, karakara czubata, karakara białorzytna/czarnobrzucha |
| Portuguese | caracará, gavião-caracará, carancho, gavião-de-queimada, chimango, caracarai, Caracara, Gavião-carcará, caracara-de-crista, carcará |
| Russian | Каракара обыкновенная, Равнинная каракара, Обыкновенная каракара, Равнинная каракара, каранчо, Хохлатая/Равнинная каракара, каранчо |
| Serbian | Ćubasta karakara, Ćubasta/južna karakara |
| Slovak | karakara pásikavá, karakara pásikavá (karančo južný), karakara chochlatá/pásikavá |
| Spanish | Caracara Quebrantahuesos, Carancho Norteño/Meridional, Caracara Cargahuesos, Quebrantahuesos, Carancho meridional, Caracara Crestado, Carancho, Traro, Caracara Carancho, Caracara Común |
| Swedish | Sydlig tofscaracara, nordlig tofskarakara/sydlig tofskarakara, Tofscaracara, tofskarakara |
| Turkish | Tepeli Karakara, Kuzeyli/güneyli karakara |
| Ukrainian | каракара аргентинська |