Species profile
Mountain Caracara
Phalcoboenus megalopterus
Quick answer
Páramo of n Peru to nw Argentina and central Chile
- Scientific name
- Phalcoboenus megalopterus
- Family
- Falconidae
- Order
- Falconiformes
- Genus
- Phalcoboenus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Mountain Caracara in your journal
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