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	Crested Caracara
		Caracaras hunt live food on the ground or take food from other birds.
		The common name, caracara, is what South Americans called the bird and probably imitates the sound of the bird.
		The caracara is the most terrestrial bird in the falcon group.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/falcons/crstcara.html (298 words)

	ADW: Caracara plancus: Information
		Caracaras can be identified by thier long yellow legs, and their large, hooked, bluish bill.
		Bonds between adult caracaras are strong, persisting until one of the mates dies.
		Another significant factor into the decline of the caracara population is the fact that they have a low reproductive rate and face a small gene pool.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/caracara/c._plancus.html (684 words)

	The Living Desert - Caracara
		Caracara may attack brown pelicans returning to nest with food for their young, forcing them to disgorge their catch.
		Caracaras will scratch like chickens for worms and insects, and hunt small animals such as skunks, prairie dogs, opossums, rats squirrels, frogs, crabs and even young alligators.
		Caracaras are uncommon in the United States, perhaps even declining in the US range.
	www.livingdesert.org /animals/audubons_caracara.asp (430 words)

	Caracara falcons of the Americas
		Caracaras are larger birds with some species (Carunculated and Northern Crested) standing up to 58cm with a wingspan of 1m 25cm.
		Caracaras however also feed on insects and snails, scouring the ground, where they are often seen in larger groups, flying off a little bit and then settling again.
		It is claimed that the male offspring of a male caracara with the female common house hen are the fiercest fighters in a cock fight and almost invincible.
	www.ecuador-travel.net /biodiversity.birds.caracara.htm (651 words)

	Wildlife Viewing - Species Spotlight - Crested Caracara
		A member of the falcon family, the caracara is a strong flier but spends a lot of time on the ground, scratching or digging for insects, or hunting around shallow ponds or marshes for turtles, snakes, frogs or fish.
		Caracaras may also be spotted on fence posts or utility poles along highways where they scan roadways for roadkilled raccoons, opossums or armadillos.
		At one time, caracaras were common in the prairies of central Florida, but their numbers declined as favored habitat was converted to housing developments, citrus groves and improved pastures.
	www.floridaconservation.org /viewing/species/crstcaracara.htm (262 words)

	The Crested Caracara
		Some Caracara behaviors are easily understood, such as their patrolling for road kills in the early morning before the vultures have yet taken wing.
		Our Crested Caracara was formerly considered endemic as far south as Tierra del Fuego, but a former subspecies occurring south of the Amazon has recently been accorded full species status as the Southern Caracara (C. plancus).
		Caracaras in the wild are both sedentary and long-lived, the birds learning to exploit the varied food resources within their large territories.
	www.saaudubon.org /articles/CrestedCaracara.html (776 words)

	Caracara, Mexican Eagles in Texas.
		Caracara is the sound that is heard by Brazilian Indians.
		For some reason Caracaras have chosen Gonzales as the center of their greatest concentration in the U.S. Palmetto State Park is where the Audubon Society conducts it's yearly count, although last year's count was called on account of flood.
		Caracaras are also better looking than vultures, although you might get some argument from vultures.
	www.texasescapes.com /FEATURES/Gonzales_-_Caracara/feature_caracara.htm (400 words)

	.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
		The Crested Caracara sighting has birders flocking to Corvallis from around the state to view the bird that is usually found in Mexico and Central America.
		The Caracara did not reappear for the birders, but then last Sunday evening U.S. Fish and Wildlife seasonal wildlife biologist Molly Monroe was out in her yard when a neighbor and fellow birder drove by, telling her there was something she needed to see.
		The Caracara is a popular bird in Mexico, and even appears on the Mexican flag, clutching a snake (although some contend that the bird on the flag is actually a golden eagle).
	www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2006/03/15/news/top_story/wed01.txt (1027 words)

	Salt Grass Flats - Northern Caracara
		The Northern Caracara, much like the "other" side of one's family, is a strikingly, beautiful bird as long as you can ignore its habits.
		This gorgeous bird, formerly known as the Crested Caracara, is the national bird of Mexico.
		Caracara are primarily ground dwelling falcons (Falconidae) inhabiting open prairies.
	www.saltgrassflats.com /birds/caracara.html (350 words)

	Caracara Avon Park Air Force Range Outdoor Recreation
		Adult caracaras tend to spread thinly over a wide area, with each pair maintaining a large territory.
		Caracaras maintain large territories, usually with their mates.
		The main threat to this bird is man. Despite protection by state and federal laws, caracaras are killed in the belief that they are serious predators on newborn calves or because their large size and conspicuousness makes them a tempting target.
	www.avonparkafr.com /Caracara.html (276 words)

	Carolina Raptor Center - Raptor Species: Crested Caracara
		Description: The crested caracara is a medium-sized raptor with bold fl and white plumage pattern and bright yellow-orange, an unfeathered face, legs and tarsi.
		Habitat: Caracaras prefer open habitats, typically grassland, prairie, pastures, or desert with scattered taller trees, shrubs, or cacti in which it nests.
		Caracaras will actively defend nest territory, particularly within 100 meters of nest.
	www.carolinaraptorcenter.org /c_caracara.php (573 words)

	AUDUBON'S CRESTED CARACARA, Polyborus plancus auduboni , U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The caracara is an opportunistic feeder; its diet includes both carrion and living prey.
		At one time the crested caracara was a common resident in the prairie region of central Florida.
		Caracaras also occur in some improved pasture lands and even in lightly wooded areas with more limited stretches of open grassland (Layne in Kale 1978).
	endangered.fws.gov /i/b/sab6e.html (850 words)

	caracara - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Conserving the caracara: working with birds and people.
		Cooperative Foraging in the Mountain Caracara in Peru.(bird behavior)
		Ungulate ectoparasite removal by Black Caracaras and Pale-winged trumpeters in Amazonian forests.(Short Communications)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-caracara.asp (155 words)

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		The caracara is not a woodland bird and is seldom seen in the pines and still more rarely in the cypress country (06).
		The caracara is highly opportunistic in its feeding habits, eating carrion, capturing live prey, and harassing vultures until they disgorge their meals.
		Despite protective laws caracaras are still being killed in the erroneous belief that they are predators on newborn calves or because their large size and conspicuousness make them tempting targets for vandals (01,04,05).
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e104014.htm (2081 words)

	Caracara Falcons of Ecuador.
		There are 8 species of caracara on the American continent with one kind being the national bird of Mexico.
		They are large birds, standing up to 58cm with a wingspan of 1m 25cm and have a fl and white body with a orange to reddish face void of hairs, common to vultures.
		The status of the curiquingue, another local name for caracara, is fairly secure in Ecuador with only the Amazonian specie being susceptible to changes to its habitat.
	www.ecuador-travel.net /information.biodiversity.birds.caracara.htm (211 words)

	Crested Caracara Species Account - Florida Breeding Bird Atlas
		The Crested Caracara is one of Florida's most spectacular avian specialties.
		Caracaras are a small, aberrant group in the family Falconidae, with a largely Neotropical distribution.
		In Florida, Crested Caracaras are found in open grassland habitats formerly native prairie but currently mainly improved rangeland.
	www.wildflorida.org /bba/CRCA.htm (465 words)

	* Caracara - (Animals): Definition
		Caracara (4 genera) is a South American tribal name, imitating its rattley call.
		Common in winter, common to fairly common in spring and fall, and rare in summer in inland regions.
		Falcons and caracaras are superb flyers and excellent, agile hunters.
	en.mimi.hu /animals/caracara.html (174 words)

	Crested Caracara - Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota
		The crested caracara is also known as the southern caracara, common caracara, and Mexican eagle.
		In scientific classification, the caracaras are grouped with falcons, although they share few, if any, of their visible physical and behavioral characteristics.
		In South America there is wide overlap with the chimango (Milvago chimango) and slight overlap in the mountains with caracaras of the Phalcoboenus genus, and there may be confusion among the immatures.
	www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu /raptor/info/Caracara.html (779 words)

	Birds of the Falkland Islands - Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus)
		The Crested Caracara is found throughout most of the Falklands, but is nowhere abundant.
		Large nests are constructed from twigs and grass lined with wool, and 2 to 3 eggs are laid during September or October.
		The Crested Caracara is primarily a carrion-feeder, seeking out the carcasses of birds, introduced mammals and particularly livestock, but live rodents and invertebrates are also known to be taken.
	www.falklands.net /BirdGuideCrestedCaracara.shtml (197 words)

	Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Northern Caracara is very similar to the Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) the main visual difference being that the Northern Caracara has more fl on the lower back.
		The Northern Caracara is distributed from the southern USA to the north of South America (Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad, the Guianas) and in Brazil to the north of and along the Amazon River.
		There are illustrations in Hilty and Brown, (as Crested Caracara) Plate I; in Ridgely and Greenfield (as Northern Crested-Caracara) Plate 16; and in HBW (as a race of Crested Caracara), Volume 2, Page 248.
	www.arthurgrosset.com /sabirds/northerncaracara.html (234 words)

	Monterey caracara
		This is an expanded commentary from the Monterey County highlights of 2002, discussing the Crested Caracaras that appeared in Monterey County in August, and in adjacent Santa Cruz County in September.
		I have always believed that two historical records of Crested Caracara from Monterey Bay, cited by Grinnell and Miller (1944), were escaped mascots or pets from whaling ships.
		Given the scavenging habits of caracaras, and its abundance on coastal beaches in Mexico and southward, I think it very likely to have been kept as a mascot on a whaling ship.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/MTYcaracara.html (1651 words)

	Adopt-a-Bird - Crested Caracara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Crested Caracara is a large, long-legged bird, 20-25 inches in length, with a wingspread of 48-50 inches.
		Declining in Florida, the Caracara is found only in the open country and prairies from north of Lake Okeechobee to Kissimmee.
		The false belief that this species will prey upon newborn calves has also contributed to the decline, as these birds are often victims of shootings by farmers.
	www.adoptabird.org /cc.html (259 words)

	All About Birds
		It is a bird of open country, where it often is seen at carrion with vultures.
		A common subject of folklore and legends throughout Central and South America, the Crested Caracara is sometimes referred to as the “Mexican eagle.”
		Although it looks like a long-legged hawk and associates with vultures, the Crested Caracara is actually in the same family as falcons.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Crested_Caracara.html (136 words)

	Publications
		Natal dispersal of the Crested Caracara in Florida.
		Leucocytozoon toddi and Haemoproteus tinnunculi (Protozoa: Haemosporina) in the Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) in Southern Chile.
		Haemoproteus tinnunculi (von Wasielewski and Wulker, 1918) Wingstrand, 1947 in crested caracaras (
	www.trincoll.edu /~jmorris2/publications.htm (202 words)

	Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
		Crested Caracaras have a raspy, grunting vocalization when they are in contact with one another.
		On a morning in May, 2002, I was in a blind near by some feeding caracaras and was able to get some shots of the bird seemingly looking at me upside down as it called.
		A caracara with wings spread wide as it prepares to land on the ground in April, 2002.
	www.greglasley.net /caracara.html (568 words)

	Caracara Frame-Lock Folding Knife Item# 35-36 - BlackHawk Products Group : HellStorm Gloves, HydraStorm Hydration ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Caracara is a high-speed folding knife that represents the ultimate synthesis of style and function.
		The Caracara's blade locks open via a high-strength integral frame lock that is substantially stronger that typical liner locks.
		Supplied with two pocket clips for tip-up or tip-down carry, the Caracara is available with either textured G-10 handle inserts or polished carbon fiber inserts and with a choice of either a plain-edged or partially serrated blade.
	www.blackhawkindustries.com /product_detail.asp?product_id=4067&d= (242 words)

	Caracara
		Although the caracara is considered to be a falcon, it is somewhat similar to a vulture.
		Male caracaras often fight in the air during mating season.
		The crested caracara is listed as a threatened species in both the state of Florida, and on the national endangered species list.
	www.calusanature.com /Caracara.htm (261 words)

	Crested Caracara - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Unlike the ''Falco'' falcons in the same family, the caracaras are not fast flying aerial hunters, but are rather sluggish and often scavengers.
		Crested Caracara is a resident breeder in most of South and Central_America, just reaching the southernmost parts of the USA, particularly Florida, where it is resident but listed as threatened.
		The bill is thick, grey and hooked, and this caracara has a red cere and bare facial skin around the eye.
	www.indexsuche.com /Crested_Caracara.html (260 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Falconidae - Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
		Breeding Range (see map below): The Crested Caracara is resident in the extreme southern United States from Florida in the east, westward along the Gulf Coast to southeastern Texas and southern New Mexico and Arizona.
		Habitat: The Crested Caracara is found in a variety of open habitats including scrublands with cactic and palms, savannas, and prairies.
		Behavior: The Crested Caracara is primarily a carrion eater.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/hawks/Cplancus.htm (277 words)

	Crested Caracara: Birds of Prey at Buteo.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Crested Caracara is the national bird of Mexico and is shown on the flag holding a snake.
		Crested Caracara are common in Mexico and parts of Texas.
		Crested Caracara are found in Eastern Texas and Mexico.
	www.buteo.com /caracara.html (128 words)

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