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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: 397827
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
05/09/2020
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 334242
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
05/18/2019
Diego Kondratzky
Foto
Photography ID: 314484
  Juvenile
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/26/2019
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 296272
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/02/2018
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 269453
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
05/16/2018
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 230952
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/26/2017
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 226422
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/26/2017
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 226082
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/26/2017
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 219267
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/16/2017
Miguel A Villarruel
Foto
Photography ID: 219265
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/16/2017
Miguel A Villarruel
Foto
Photography ID: 112093
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
07/30/2015
Diego Villalba



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
234981731/07/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Diego Oscar
229434501/06/202517:12ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
216841007/10/2024ArgentinaMisionesAcceso Aeropuerto, Parque Nacional IguazúNino A. Grangetto
212065821/07/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
212042021/07/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1María Alejandra Sosa
210835127/05/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
198098431/07/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Joaquin Tavasci
173778915/03/2023ArgentinaMisionesRuta 101, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Diego Oscar
169183806/11/2022ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú Ruta 101, Parque Nacional IguazúDario Juan Wendeler
143591728/07/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú2María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 15/03/2026.