• Synonyms Northern Carrier Falcon, Yellow headed Caracara, Chimachima Caracara, Chimachima
  • Old latin name for bird Milvago ochrocephalus, Polyborus chimachima, Daptrius chimachima, Milvago readei

Yellow-headed Caracarabird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    Colombia
  • 2.
    Call, © Rolf A. de By
    Guyana
  • 3.
    Alarm call, © Andres Angulo
    Colombia
  • 4.
    Song, © Marcelo Villegas
    Brazil
  • 5.
    Call, © Hotel Tinamu
    Colombia
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
  • 7.
    Call, © Kauê Werner
    Brazil
  • 8.
    Fight Screams, alarm call, © Henry Miller Carneiro Alexandre
    Brazil
  • 9.
    Song, © Nick Komar
    Brazil
  • 10.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Costa Rica
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Yellow-headed Caracara

  • Breeding region Middle America, South America
  • Breeding subregion Costa Rica to n Argentina

Yellow-headed Caracara subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Milvago chimachima chimachimaAmazon s to n Argentina-No
Milvago chimachima cordatas Costa Rica through South America n of the Amazon-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Azerbaijaniximaxima
Bengali঴রমদভাথা কাযাকাযা
BulgarianЖълтоглава каракара
Catalancaracarà de cap groguenc
Chinese黄头叫隼
Chinese (Traditional)黃頭叫鷹
Croatianžutoglava karakara
CzechCimango žlutohlavý, čimango žlutavý
DanishLys Caracara
DutchGeelkopcaracara
EsperantoĈimaĉimo
Estonianhelekarakaara
Finnishvaaleakarakara
FrenchCaracara chimachima, Caracara à tête jaune
GermanGelbkopfkarakara, Chimachima
GuaraniKirincho, Kiri kiri, Kiri-kiri
Hungarianpásztorkarakara
ItalianCaracara testagialla
Japaneseキバラカラカラ
Kazakhхимахима
Lithuaniangelsvagalvė karakara
Norwegiankremkarakara
Norwegian NynorskKremkarakara
Polishtrębacz jasnogłowy, karakara jasnogłowa, Trębacz czimaczima, trebacz jasnoglowy
PortugueseCarrapateiro, caracará-pinhé, caracará-branco, papa-bicheira, chimango-branco, carapinhé, chimachima, caracaraí, caracará, pinhé, caracará-tinga, Gavião-carrapateiro, caracara-de-cabeça-amarela
RussianХимахима
SerbianŽutoglava karakara
Slovakčimango čimačima, karakara čimačima, karakara čimačima (čimačima pobelavá), cimango cimacima
SpanishCaracara chimachima, Pigua, Chimachima, Chimachimá, Caracara cabecigualdo
Swedishgulhuvad karakara, Gulhövdad chimango
TurkishSarı Başlı Karakara
Ukrainianхімахіма