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title: "Carunculated Caracara"
description: "Daptrius carunculatus — Vogels. The carunculated caracara (Daptrius carunculatus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/carunculated-caracara
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carunculated Caracara

> Daptrius carunculatus — Vogels. The carunculated caracara (Daptrius carunculatus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras.

- Scientific name: *Daptrius carunculatus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1817
- iNaturalist taxon: [1432786](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432786)

## Names

- en: Carunculated Caracara
- de: Streifenkarakara
- es: Caracara carunculado
- fr: Caracara caronculé

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1606), CO (40)

## Summary

The carunculated caracara (Daptrius carunculatus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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

## Photo

![Carunculated Caracara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/carunculated-caracara/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252928369

## Machine access

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