Carunculated caracara
Phalcoboenus carunculatus Des Murs, 1853
The carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 788 g to 795 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the carunculated caracara
- Weight
- 791.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 1.12 m – 1.19 msrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the carunculated caracara?
Where does the carunculated caracara live?
Not recorded
What is the carunculated caracara?
The carunculated caracara (Daptrius carunculatus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Is the carunculated caracara endangered?
The carunculated caracara is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the carunculated caracara classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderFalconiformes
- familyFalconidae
- genusPhalcoboenus
- SpeciesPhalcoboenus carunculatus Des Murs, 1853
Synonyms Daptrius carunculatus, Phalcoboenus megalopterus carunculatus
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- caracarà carunculatCatalan
- čimango andskýCzech
- caracara tagellogWelsh
- Plettet CaracaraDanish
- StreifenkarakaraGerman
- Klunker-KarakaraGerman
- karunkla karakaroEsperanto
- Caracara carunculadoSpanish
- näsakarakaaraEstonian
- viirukarakaraFinnish
- Caracara caronculéFrench
- Caracará carunculadoGalician
- pjegava karakaraCroatian
- csíkos karakaraHungarian
- Caracara caruncolatoItalian
- マダラコシジロカラカラJapanese
- raibakrūtė karakaraLithuanian
- LelcaracaraDutch
- paramokarakaraNorwegian
- karakara kreskowanaPolish
- caracara-do-páramoPortuguese
- carcará-carunculadoPortuguese
- Пёстрая каракараRussian
- Морщинистая каракараRussian
- karakara perlaváSlovak
- Karakara prugastog trbuhaSerbian
- skrynkelstrupig karakaraSwedish
- Paramo KarakarasıTurkish
- каракара еквадорськаUkrainian
- 冠巨隼Chinese
- 肉冠卡拉鷹Chinese
Relatives of the carunculated caracara
Other species in the same genus Phalcoboenus.
Striated caracara
Phalcoboenus australis
Mountain caracara
Phalcoboenus megalopterus
White-throated caracara
Phalcoboenus albogularis
CompareCarunculated caracara vs Striated caracaraCarunculated caracara vs Mountain caracaraCarunculated caracara vs White-throated caracara
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the carunculated caracara?
An adult carunculated caracara weighs 791.5 g and has a wingspan of 1.12 m – 1.19 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the carunculated caracara endangered?
The carunculated caracara is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the carunculated caracara?
The carunculated caracara (Phalcoboenus carunculatus) belongs to the family Falconidae in the order Falconiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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