- Ibycter americanus
Description
Locality: Amazonia Lodge, Peru.
Identification
Red-throated Caracara [Ibycter (Daptrius) americanus]
Range: Central and South America: recorded from southern Veracruz and northern Chiapas south to Panama but there are no recent records from north of Costa Rica. May now be confined to south-west Costa Rica and Panama but rare even there. In South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas, south to Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and southern Brazil. Resident.
Habitat: Rainforest and forest edge up to 500m, open grassland with scattered trees, secondary-growth woodland, often along rivers.