Birds
Carunculated caracara
Phalcoboenus carunculatusConservation statusLeast Concern
DietInsects, small rodents and dead animals
LifespanNot precisely known
Size and weightAbout 50-55 cm
A black and white bird of prey with a striped chest and bare red-orange skin around the bill.
Red skin on the face
What makes it specialLooks for food by walking on the ground, not from the air.
Surprising factLives in the open páramo, above the tree line, where no trees grow.
PopulationCommon in the páramo, the high grassland of Ecuador and southern Colombia.
The Papallacta páramo (high grassland) and open fields in the north