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Falconiformes / Falconidae / Daptrius

Yellow-headed Caracara

Daptrius chimachima

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yehcar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Daptrius

Subspecies (2)

Daptrius chimachima chimachima

Brazil south of the Amazon River to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina
Daptrius chimachima cordatus

savanna of southwestern Costa Rica through South America including Trinidad, to Brazil north of the Amazon River

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yehcar1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.