Known from the discs' own bird lists
Yellow-headed Caracara
milvago chimachima
Falconidae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
40-45 cm. The adult has the entire head, neck and underparts creamy white or buff, the crown usually dimly streaked; a narrow fuscous postocular stripe; back and wings black, the feathers edged paler; base of primaries mottled black and white showing a prominent light wing patch in flight; upper tail coverts and basal three-fourths of tail buffy white, the latter with narrow fuscous barring; a broad subterminal black tail band; iris reddish brown; bare orbital area yellow, darkening at the base of bill; bill pale bluish; legs green.
The immature is like the adult, but browner above, the light areas deeper buff and more or less heavily striped with black; abdomen lightly streaked, tibiae obscurely barred.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Call a hoarse "pi-e" or pi-e-hu".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
A general scavenger going after carrion, insects, also ticks parasitizing farm animals (Brazilian name Carrapateiro), frogs, snakes, fruits. Hunts on the wing and spends much time foraging around on the ground.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Breeder.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Common in agricultural and ranch land, palm savannahs, open country with scattered trees, swamps, grasslands, river borders. Avoids deep forests. From sea level to 1800 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
Calls. Pirapora, 11/12/98. Cloudy, 25°C. Gallery forest, scrub. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Call. 10/27/99, Campos do Jordão, road to São Jose dos Alpes. Some clouds, 25°C. Open forest. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Call. Rio Doçe, 11/4/00. Sunny, 25°C. Open forest. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Calls. Pirapora, 11/12/98. Cloudy, 25°C. Gallery forest, scrub. Disc 1 · 2011
Call. 10/27/99. Campos do Jordão, road to São Jose dos Alpes. Some clouds, 25°C. Open forest. Disc 1 · 2011
Call. Rio Doçe, 11/4/00. Sunny, 25°C. Open forest. Disc 1 · 2011
More images
The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011 The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011 Photo by Fritz Mueller. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; FZSB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SESB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; FZSB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SESB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: ASSB.CKD; BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; CNSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; FZSB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDSB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SESB.CKD; SNSB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; VASB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd