Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
About the Red-throated Caracara
The red-throated caracara (Ibycter americanus) is a social species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is placed in the monotypic genus Ibycter, or sometimes united in Daptrius with the black caracara. Unique among caracaras, it mainly feeds on the larvae of bees and wasps, but also takes the adult insects and fruits and berries. It is found from far southern Mexico through parts of Central and South America south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
A real field recording of the Red-throated Caracara. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 201 recordings for this species in total.
Other birds in this region
- American Barn OwlTyto furcatarecording
- American KestrelFalco sparveriusrecording
- BananaquitCoereba flaveolarecording
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatusrecording
- Barred Forest FalconMicrastur ruficollisrecording
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.