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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)


Carancho (Caracara plancus)
Author's comments:

Se puede apreciar la membrana nictitante (del latín nictare, parpadear), o "tercer párpado", es una característica fisiológica propia de ciertos animales; se trata de una telilla o párpado accesorio transparente o translúcido que puede cerrarse para proteger al globo ocular y para humectar por debajo de los párpados principales

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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: N/A
Life stage: Adult
Registration date: 16/09/2019
Country: Argentina
Province / Department: Entre Ríos
Location or protected area: Gualeguaychú
Location accuracy: Low
Belonging: Native
Condition: Wild
Certainty: Heard, Photographed
Reproduction information: No
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography ID: 413365 View Full Record
Manufacturer: NIKON
Camera model: COOLPIX P610
Shutter speed: 1/250
Aperture: 6.5
ISO Sensitivity: 140
Focal length: 516mm
Creation date: 2019:09:16 15:57:11
Using Flash: No
Publication date: 10/03/2020 22:09:10

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