Screaming caracaras ( Latin Milvago ) - a genus of birds of prey of the falcon family.
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Content
List of Species
- Milvago chimachima (Vieillot, 1816) - Himachima
- Milvago chimango (Vieillot, 1816) - chimango
Description
Body length 37-46 cm, wing length 27-32 cm, weight 300-400 g. Red- haired Himango with a white tack, striped tail, beak, “face” and paws bluish-gray. Himachima white or cream, a dark back and wings, a striped tail, undecorated part of the “face” and legs are light green.
Inhabit semi-desert, pampa, woodlands, are common in settlements. Omnivores: feed on insects, frogs, lizards, small animals, carrion, fruits, vegetables, ears of corn.
Sometimes kept in groups of 20-30 birds
Himango inhabit the southern part of South America to Bolivia in the north. Himahima - South America from northern Argentina in the south, and the southern part of Central America .
Gallery
himachima
chimango
Literature
- Galushin V.M., Drozdov N.N., Ilyichev V.D., Konstantinov V.M., Kurochkin E.N., Polozov S.A., Potapov R.L., Flint V.E., Fomin V.E. Fauna of the World: Birds: Handbook. - M: Agropromizdat, 1991 .-- S. 88. - 311 p. - ISBN 5-10-001229-3 .
- Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 51. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .