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Species
Near ThreatenedChile Central
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Phalcoboenus
- Image
- Striated Caracara on Saunders Island (5551648335).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- taxon name
- Phalcoboenus australis
- Commons category
- Phalcoboenus australis
- Commons gallery
- Phalcoboenus australis
- taxon common name
- caracara-austral
- wingspan
- 120.5
- litter size
- 2
- short name
- P. australis
- taxon range
- South America
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Encyclopedic overview
The striated caracara (Daptrius australis), also known as Forster's caracara, is a Near Threatened bird of prey of the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. In the Falklands it is known as the Johnny rook, probably named after the Johnny penguin (gentoo penguin).
Watercolour made by Georg Forster in 1775 on James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Striated Caracara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.