An adult southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) at sunset, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

An adult southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), on the Rio Pixaim, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

A Southern caracara, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South America

An adult southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), on the Rio Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Southern crested caracara (caracara plancus) head of juvenile, pantanal, brazil.

Traro (Caracara plancus), Tuckers Islets, Whiteside Canal, PN Alberto de Agostini, Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Chile

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) sits on branch, Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus), adult walking, Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) runs on sandy beach, Manuel Antonio National Park, Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus), immature walking, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus), pair eating on Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) sits on branch, Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), Carcass Island. South America, Falkland Islands

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), Carcass Island. South America, Falkland Islands

Polyborus plancus, Southern Caracara

Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) perching on branch

Striated Caracara or Johnny Rook (Phalcoboenus australis), an intelligent and very rare bird of prey restricted to the Falkland Islands and southern patagonia. South America, Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island

Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), Carcass Island. South America, Falkland Islands