Mountain Caracara
Daptrius megalopterus(Meyen, FJF, 1834)
English (US) Mountain Caracara
The Mountain Caracara (Daptrius megalopterus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras) in the order Falconiformes.
Range: páramo of northern Peru to northwestern Argentina and central ChileRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Daptrius megalopterus
- Order
- Falconiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Caracara
- Described by
- (Meyen, FJF, 1834)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aquila megaloptera
- Described by
- (Meyen, FJF, 1834)
- Type locality
- Highest regions of the Cordillera of Chile.
- Original description
- Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 16 Suppl. p.64 pl.7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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