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Milvago chimango (Chimango Caracara)

Synonyms: Phalcoboenus chimango

Wikipedia Abstract

The chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. The chimango is found as far south as Tierra del Fuego and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands.
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Infraspecies

Milvago chimango chimango
Milvago chimango temucoensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.52003
EDGE Score: 1.87488
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  274 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  3
Incubation [3]  29 days
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [4]  117
Snout to Vent Length [5]  16 inches (40 cm)
Wing Span [1]  30 inches (.77 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cerrado Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Chilean matorral Chile Neotropic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Pantanal Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay Neotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Serra do Mar coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Uruguayan savanna Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Abrothrix olivaceus (Manso grass mouse)[6]
Aulacopalpus viridis[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Range Map

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1On the allometry of wings, Enrique Morgado, Bruno Günther and Urcesino Gonzalez, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 71-79, 1987
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 6TOBAR, C., RAU, J., SANTIBÁÑEZ, A., ARRIAGADA, A., SADE, S., Araneda, R., & Tello, F. (2015). Dieta del tiuque (Milvago chimango) en agroecosistemas de la ciudad de Osorno, sur de Chile. Boletín Chileno de Ornitología, 20(1-2), 13-16.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0