Mountain caracara

Mountain caracara
Mountain caracara in the Cordillera Real, Bolivia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Phalcoboenus
Species:
P. megalopterus
Binomial name
Phalcoboenus megalopterus
(Meyen, 1834)
Synonyms

Aquila megaloptera Meyen 1834[2]
Daptrius megalopterus[3]

The mountain caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus), (Spanish: corequenque) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in puna and páramo in the Andes, ranging from northern Ecuador, through Peru and Bolivia, to northern Argentina and Chile. It is generally uncommon to fairly common. It resembles the closely related Carunculated Caracara and White-throated Caracara, but unlike those species, its chest is uniform black. Juveniles are far less distinctive than the red-faced pied adults, being overall brown with dull pinkish-grey facial skin.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phalcoboenus megalopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22696241A93551144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696241A93551144.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Meyen (1834). "Beiträge zur Zoologie, Gesammelt auf Einer Reise um die Erde … Vierte Abhandlung. Vögel." Supplement to vol. 16 of Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum. p. 64–65 and pl. 7 [1] (in German)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Clements2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).