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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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Foto
Photography ID: 632604
  Adult
Candelaria
Misiones
Argentina
04/11/2025
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 578040
  Adult
Parque Nacional Mburucuyá
Corrientes
Argentina
09/17/2023
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 578039
  Adult
Santa Ana
Misiones
Argentina
09/13/2023
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 500766
  Adult
Laguna blanca
Formosa
Argentina
06/20/2022
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 500764
  Adult
Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio
Chaco
Argentina
06/11/2022
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 466158
  Adult
Parque Provincial Piñalito
Misiones
Argentina
09/24/2021
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 279612
  Adult
Parque Nacional El Palmar
Entre Ríos
Argentina
08/01/2018
Edgar Romeo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
228149811/04/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Federal Campo San Juan, CandelariaEdgar Romeo
201615617/09/2023ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional MburucuyáEdgar Romeo
201615513/09/2023ArgentinaMisionesRuta 103, Santa AnaEdgar Romeo
189836313/09/2023ArgentinaMisionesRuta Provincial 103, CandelariaEdgar Romeo
189831211/09/2023ArgentinaMisionesFachinalEdgar Romeo
188832810/09/2023ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial de las Sierras “ing. Raúl Martínez Crovetto”, ApóstolesEdgar Romeo
161092820/06/2022ArgentinaFormosaRuta 86, Laguna blancaEdgar Romeo
161091111/06/2022ArgentinaChacoParque Provincial Pampa del IndioEdgar Romeo
147861324/09/2021ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial PiñalitoEdgar Romeo
78851201/08/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional El PalmarEdgar Romeo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.