Crested Caracara takes off, Bosque del Cabo, Costa Rica

Bosque del Cabo Rainforest Lodge, near Puerto Jimenez, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica (August 2012)

A Great Curassow (female) is visible in the background behind the flying Crested Caracara. Images of Great Curassows can be viewed here.

Status is classified as Least Concern. For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Crested caracara (Caracara plancus) / Wikipedia
Crested Caracara / Bird Forum
BirdLife International / Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Cornell Lab of Ornithology / Crested Caracara Caracara plancus

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