Northern Caracara

  • Scientific Name: Caracara Cheriway
  • Common Name: Northern Caracara
  • Diet: carrion, turtles, small mammals, insects
  • Color: dark brown
  • Size: 23 inches
  • Active Period: Year-round
  • Habitat: widespread
  • Field Identification: black cap, orangish red face, white head and neck, hawk bill, long neck and legs
  • Nest: platform
  • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  • Genus: Caracara
  • Family: Falconidae (true falcons)
  • Order: Falconiformes
  • Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
  • Species: cheriway