Order: Falconiformes | Family: Falconidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Loreto, Peru
Status: The Yellow-headed Caracara is fairly common in the north and central portion of the Peruvian Amazon, but rare in the Southeast. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Caracara Chimachima.
Sub-species: Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima cordata), Bangs and Penard 1918. Colombia to S (E of Andes) to Amazon.
(M. c. chimachima), Vieillot 1816. E Bolivia and Brazil S of Amazon.
Meaning of Name: Milvago: L. milvus= falcon; and ago= previous, similar. chimachima: Argentine onomatopoeia for the sound from the Caracara Chimachima.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.