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Yellow-headed Caracara

Daptrius chimachima
(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
Chimachima
Carrapateiro
Family: Falconidae
Order: Falconiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Daptrius chimachima, Polyborus chimachima, Milvago chimachima.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 631302
  Adult
Doradal
Antioquia
Colombia
04/15/2025
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 360495
  Adult
La Mesa
Cundinamarca
Colombia
11/02/2019
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 277077
  Adult
La Mesa
Cundinamarca
Colombia
07/22/2018
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 221742
  Juvenile
Orocué
Casanare
Colombia
06/08/2002
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo
Foto
Photography ID: 220620
  Juvenile
Orocué
Casanare
Colombia
06/08/2002
Jairo Alberto García Giraldo



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
227501115/04/2025ColombiaAntioquiaHacienda Nápoles, DoradalJairo Alberto García Giraldo
204478213/06/2024ColombiaBolívarPlayas de Marbella, Cartagena de IndiasJairo Alberto García Giraldo
128760610/09/2020ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
128746326/08/2020ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
112600402/11/2019ColombiaCundinamarcaCamino a San Joaquín, La MesaJairo Alberto García Giraldo
114730911/05/2019ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
78223522/07/2018ColombiaCundinamarcaCamino a San Joaquín, La MesaJairo Alberto García Giraldo
67787005/01/2018ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
66876002/01/2018ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
57530512/03/2017ColombiaCundinamarcaVereda Pilones, QuebradanegraJairo Alberto García Giraldo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/03/2026.