caracal
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Dr. Walschburger stepped right through them as savanna hawks and caracaras, two common birds of prey on the llanos, swooped excitedly over the smoldering pasture, hunting escaping rodents and reptiles.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
By adapting a series of tests originally designed to assess cockatoo cognition, Ms. Harrington found that the caracaras can problem-solve as well as parrots.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2023
But travel to the Falkland Islands near the Argentine coast, and you’ll find not parrots or crows but freakishly smart falcons called striated caracaras.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Asio owls, caracaras and Buteo hawks are also documented predators of petrels.
From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2012
These include the South American caracaras; the European rough-legged falcon; the European kite; the Indian colny falcon; varieties of the honey buzzard; and the North American spotted-tailed hobby.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard
