RED-THROATED CARACARA 



kite-like habits and flight except that it nearly 

 always flies very low. 



ACCIPITRIDJE 



i. Ibycter americanus americanus (Boddaert) 

 Red-throated Caracara. 



Male. Length 495 mm. (19.50 in.); tail 235 

 mm. (9.20 in.). Black glossed with green, in- 



FIG. 21. Ibycter a. americanus 



eluding under surface of wings ; the abdomen and 

 thighs white. Bill yellow, cere bluish black; 

 bare skin of face and throat and legs red; feet 

 black. Head slightly crested; tail long, some- 

 what rounded. 



Female. Similar to male but larger. 



A strikingly colored species, strictly arboreal 

 in habits. Carriker says invariably seen in pairs. 

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