White-throated Caracara

Phalcoboenus albogularis (Gould, 1837)

Falconidae — Caracaras, Falcons

White-throated Caracara, Phalcoboenus albogularis, is a bird of prey found in Argentina and Chile, ranging from south-central Chile and southwest Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn. It lives on open mountain slopes, in southern beech forest, open woodland and dense scrub, from sea level in Argentina to 3,000 m there and from about 500 to 2,500 m in Chile. Adults have dark upperparts, white underparts and tail tips, and yellow-orange bare facial skin. The species has a small crest, long wings with fingered tips and a long rounded tail.

Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae — Caracaras, Falcons
Breeding range: South America: s Chile and s Argentina