Caracara cheriway Jacquin, 1784

Castro-Vargas, Fernando, Cruz-Mendivelso, Yerson, Ortega-Chamorro, Darwin & Palacino-Rodríguez, Fredy, 2020, Birds from northeastern Bogotá Savannah, Cundinamarca, Colombia, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1375-1391 : 1382

Caracara cheriway Jacquin, 1784

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New records. One adult perching in Pinus sp. in an exotic forest on the border of the ESNR (04°56′43″N, 073° 57′32″W) on 15 June 2016. One individual flying and for- aging on the grassland of the ESNR (04°56′52″N, 073° 57′47ʺW) on 14 January 2017. One individual flying and foraging on the grassland of the ESNR (04°56′48″N, 073°57′14″W) on 19 June 2018. We recorded this species in the systematic survey on 17 January and 15 Feb. 2019.

Identification. Similar to a hawk, with sharp beak and claws. The body is black with white and strongly yellow (adult) or grey (young) legs. The dorsal region of the head is black, contrasting with the white neck and the yellow-orange face. Young individuals tend to be brown but darken to black with age.

Remarks. We did not record any reproductive events.

Distribution. Florida and southwestern USA, Caribbean, and Central America, south to northern South America.