Rolf Nussbaumer / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) calling, Willacy County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2004

Hans Christoph Kappel / Common (Crested) Caracara (Caracara plancus). Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Hans Christoph Kappel / Common (Crested) Caracara (Caracara plancus) in flight. Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Marie Read / Crested caracaras (Caracara cheriway), midair aggressive interaction between two for access to perch, Martin Refuge, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, March.

Luke Massey / Crested caracaras (Caracara cheriway) fighting over food Pantanal, Brazil..

Gabriel Rojo / Southern caracaras (Polyborus plancus) on termite mound, Ibera Marshes, Corrientes, Argentina

Angelo Gandolfi / Southern Caracaras (Caracara plancus) Pantanal, Brazil

Christophe Courteau / Common / Crested Caracara portrait (Caracara plancus) Pantanal, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Pair of Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in tree, Pantanal, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) attacking Black Collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) for food, Pantanal, Brazil

Paul Williams / Common / Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) dust bathing to remove parasites, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Paul Williams / Common caracara (Caracara plancus) Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Paul Williams / Common / Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) drinking from swimming pool, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Claudio Contreras / Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) interacting with Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus). Maria Madre Island, Islas Marias Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Mexico, September.

Ernie Janes / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) portrait, captive, from South America

Sandesh Kadur / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) feeding on fish on a beach. Mexico, June.

Nick Garbutt / Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) feeding on a Piranha (Serrasalmus sp.) on the banks of the Pixiam River. Northern Pantanal, Brazil. September

Nick Garbutt / Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) feeding on a Piranha (Serrasalmus sp.) on the banks of the Pixiam River. Northern Pantanal, Brazil. September

Christophe Courteau / Unusual grooming behaviour between a Common / Crested caracara (Caracara plancus) and a Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) Pantanal, Brazil, July

Gerrit Vyn / Northern / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus cheriway) Starr County, Texas, USA, March

Marie Read / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) adult, Viera Wetlands, Florida, USA

Marie Read / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) adult feeding on fish, Viera Wetlands, Florida, USA

John Cancalosi / Crested / Common caracara (Caracara plancus) with wings stretched, Texas, USA

George McCarthy / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) perched on stick, Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) adult eating Cottontail / rabbit, Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2002

Rolf Nussbaumer / Portrait of Common / Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2002

Tom Vezo / Crested / Common caracara {Caracara plancus} Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

Tom Vezo / Crested / Common caracara {Caracara plancus} in flight, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA.

Tom Vezo / Crested Caracara {Caracara plancus} perching on branch, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA.

Pete Oxford / Crested Caracara {Caracara plancus} portrait with fish in beak, Pantanal, Brazil.

Pete Oxford / Crested Caracara {Caracara plancus} at water edge, Pantanal, Brazil.

Pete Oxford / Crested Caracara {Caracara plancus} Pantanal, Brazil.

Hermann Brehm / Common / Crested caracara on nest {Caracara plancus} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Hermann Brehm / Common / crested caracara on nest {Caracara plancus} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Gabriel Rojo / Common (crested) caracara pair in courtship display {Caracara plancus} Argentina