---
title: "Yellow-headed Caracara"
description: "Daptrius chimachima — Ptaki. The yellow-headed caracara (Daptrius chimachima) is a new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-headed-caracara
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-headed Caracara

> Daptrius chimachima — Ptaki. The yellow-headed caracara (Daptrius chimachima) is a new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin).

- Scientific name: *Daptrius chimachima*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21581
- Wikidata: [Q136805153](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136805153)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1432779](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1432779)

## Names

- en: Yellow-headed Caracara
- de: Gelbkopfkarakara
- es: Chimachimá
- fr: Caracara à tête jaune

## Countries with the most observations

CO (6781), BR (4858), CR (3042), PA (2747), AR (539), PE (536), VE (364), EC (283), TT (248), US (215), BO (185), GF (156)

## Summary

The yellow-headed caracara (Daptrius chimachima) is a new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). It can be found in North America and South America, from Nicaragua to Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-headed Caracara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-headed-caracara/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tiago Lubiana · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/169282084

## Machine access

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