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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)


Carancho (Caracara plancus)
Author's comments:

Carancho depredando un Halconcito Colorado, posiblemente un volanton. Lo supe por las plumas que dejo en el piso donde lo desplumo, antes de volar hasta ese poste.

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Eduardo Cusano
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RECORD
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Caracara plancus
English Name: Crested Caracara
Spanish Name: Carancho
Portuguese Name: Carcará
BirdLife International:
  Least Concern (LC)  
Sex: Indistinguishable
Life stage: Adult
Registration date: 17/02/2013
Country: Argentina
Province / Department: Neuquén
Location or protected area: Junin de los Andes
Detailed location: Ruta 23 entre Junin de los Andes y el Rio malleo
Coordinates - Detailed location: -39.824886, -71.031075
Altitude - Detailed location: 782 m a.s.l.
Location accuracy: Medium
Belonging: Native
Condition: Wild
Certainty: Photographed
Reproduction information: No
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography ID: 24756 View Full Record
Manufacturer: NIKON
Camera model: COOLPIX P510
Shutter speed: 1/500
Aperture: 5.9
ISO Sensitivity: 400
Focal length: 1000mm
Creation date: 2013:02:17 09:42:27
Using Flash: No
Publication date: 08/05/2013 23:52:44
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