Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) made in Ruta 23 entre Junin de los Andes y el Rio malleo, Junin de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina on 17/02/2013. The photograph was published by Eduardo Cusano and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
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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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 | |
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | |
