Yellow-headed Caracara / Milvago chimachima LC
- Synonyms Northern Carrier Falcon, Yellow headed Caracara, Chimachima Caracara, Chimachima
- Old latin name for bird Milvago ochrocephalus, Polyborus chimachima, Daptrius chimachima, Milvago readei
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Where to see Yellow-headed Caracara
- Breeding region Middle America, South America
- Breeding subregion Costa Rica to n Argentina
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Yellow-headed Caracara subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milvago chimachima chimachima | Amazon s to n Argentina | - | No |
| Milvago chimachima cordata | s Costa Rica through South America n of the Amazon | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Azerbaijani | ximaxima |
| Bengali | রমদভাথা কাযাকাযা |
| Bulgarian | Жълтоглава каракара |
| Catalan | caracarà de cap groguenc |
| Chinese | 黄头叫隼 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黃頭叫鷹 |
| Croatian | žutoglava karakara |
| Czech | Cimango žlutohlavý, čimango žlutavý |
| Danish | Lys Caracara |
| Dutch | Geelkopcaracara |
| Esperanto | Ĉimaĉimo |
| Estonian | helekarakaara |
| Finnish | vaaleakarakara |
| French | Caracara chimachima, Caracara à tête jaune |
| German | Gelbkopfkarakara, Chimachima |
| Guarani | Kirincho, Kiri kiri, Kiri-kiri |
| Hungarian | pásztorkarakara |
| Italian | Caracara testagialla |
| Japanese | キバラカラカラ |
| Kazakh | химахима |
| Lithuanian | gelsvagalvė karakara |
| Norwegian | kremkarakara |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Kremkarakara |
| Polish | trębacz jasnogłowy, karakara jasnogłowa, Trębacz czimaczima, trebacz jasnoglowy |
| Portuguese | Carrapateiro, caracará-pinhé, caracará-branco, papa-bicheira, chimango-branco, carapinhé, chimachima, caracaraí, caracará, pinhé, caracará-tinga, Gavião-carrapateiro, caracara-de-cabeça-amarela |
| Russian | Химахима |
| Serbian | Žutoglava karakara |
| Slovak | čimango čimačima, karakara čimačima, karakara čimačima (čimačima pobelavá), cimango cimacima |
| Spanish | Caracara chimachima, Pigua, Chimachima, Chimachimá, Caracara cabecigualdo |
| Swedish | gulhuvad karakara, Gulhövdad chimango |
| Turkish | Sarı Başlı Karakara |
| Ukrainian | хімахіма |


















