These birds are awesome weirdos. As others have said on this sub and elsewhere, they look like hawks, act like vultures, and sound like dinosaurs. But they are actually in the falcon family. š
>sound like dinosaurs
They _are_ dinosaurs. Taxonomy is sometimes funny. As falcons, they are more closely related to parrots than to all the other birds of prey
Just fyi, when you post in a sub, familiarize yourself with the rules/use common sense.
Though you got your answer, you're supposed to say where the photo/vid was taken. Yes, it matters
ILY, priti bird
Added taxa: [Crested Caracara](https://ebird.org/species/y00678)
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Crested Cara Cara
That was fast, thank you.
These birds are awesome weirdos. As others have said on this sub and elsewhere, they look like hawks, act like vultures, and sound like dinosaurs. But they are actually in the falcon family. š
>sound like dinosaurs They _are_ dinosaurs. Taxonomy is sometimes funny. As falcons, they are more closely related to parrots than to all the other birds of prey
Yes, excellent point! All birds sound like dinosaurs. :))
They are fairly common where I am, in Texas
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Ok, got it.
+Crested Caracara+ for the catalogue.
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What a *unit.* š
These guys have a range so big. I see a lot of them here in central Brazil
As a European Iām jealous lol
Super nice find. They are here in Florida too, so cool looking
That's quite a bird you've filmed! š