---
title: "Chimangokarakara"
description: "Daptrius chimango — Vögel. The chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango), also known as chimango or tiuque, is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/chimango-caracara
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chimangokarakara

> Daptrius chimango — Vögel. The chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango), also known as chimango or tiuque, is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras.

- Scientific name: *Daptrius chimango*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18473
- iNaturalist taxon: [1432781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432781)

## Names

- en: Chimango Caracara
- de: Chimangokarakara
- es: Chimango
- fr: Caracara chimango

## Countries with the most observations

AR (11869), CL (4965), BR (593), UY (321), PY (20), BO (7)

## Summary

The chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango), also known as chimango or tiuque, is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, as a vagrant on the Falkland Islands and has been introduced on Rapa Nui.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimango_caracara

## Photo

![Chimangokarakara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chimango-caracara/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155673825

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chimango-caracara?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).