Birds of the Pampas Plain

                  for Jorge Martín Spinuzza

 

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                    Falconiformes


       FALCONIDAE   

    Falcons, Caracaras. They seem Accipitridae. The Beak is the same but with the jagged edge. Tarsus not feathered. Long-Cola. They have claws. Females are slightly larger.

  They feed on reptiles, batrachians, birds, small mammals and even carrion. Nest in trees, where they placed in 2 to 5 eggs very stained.