Chimango caracara
Milvago chimango (Vieillot, 1816)
The chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) is a species in the family Falconidae, order Falconiformes. Recorded adults weigh 274 g to 296 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the chimango caracara
- Weight
- 274 g – 296 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 77 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src 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 chimango caracara?
Where does the chimango caracara live?
Not recorded
What is the chimango caracara?
The chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango), also known as chimango or tiuque, is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as a vagrant on the Falkland Islands and has been introduced on Rapa Nui.
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Is the chimango caracara endangered?
The chimango 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.
How is the chimango caracara classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderFalconiformes
- familyFalconidae
- genusMilvago
- SpeciesMilvago chimango (Vieillot, 1816)
Synonyms Daptrius chimango, Phalcoboenus chimango
Other names and names in other languages (27)
- caracarà chimangoCatalan
- čimango šedonohýCzech
- čimango argentinskýCzech
- tsimangoWelsh
- Chimango-caracaraDanish
- ChimangokarakaraGerman
- Chimango-KarakaraGerman
- ĉimango-karakaroEsperanto
- Caracara chimangoSpanish
- väikekarakaaraEstonian
- ruskokarakaraFinnish
- Caracara chimangoFrench
- smeđa karakaraCroatian
- füstös karakaraHungarian
- チマンゴカラカラJapanese
- rusvagalvė karakaraLithuanian
- brunkarakaraNorwegian
- karakara brązowaPolish
- chimangoPortuguese
- caracara-unicolorPortuguese
- ХимангоRussian
- karakara milvágoSlovak
- Čimango karakaraSerbian
- Çimango KarakarasıTurkish
- хімангоUkrainian
- 叫隼Chinese
- 叫鷹Chinese
Relatives of the chimango caracara
Other species in the same genus Milvago.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the chimango caracara?
An adult chimango caracara weighs 274 g – 296 g and has a wingspan of 77 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the chimango caracara endangered?
The chimango 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 chimango caracara?
The chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) 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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