The great skua is an opportunist when it comes to feeding.

The crested caracara, Polyborus plancus, is a rare bird.

I must admit I have a weakness for quirky female singers.

The Southern Crested Caracara gives chattering and rattling calls which probably gave the bird the name “caracara”.

The Southern Crested Caracara is very similar to the Northern Crested Caracara (C. cheriway) but it has different range and occurs only in South America.

The omnivorous blue crab feeds on just about everything it can find, dead or alive.

The Southern Crested Caracara is very similar to the Northern Crested Caracara (C. cheriway) but it has different range and occurs only in South America.

The Southern Crested Caracara frequents all types of open country, both in lowlands and at mid-elevation.

The crested caracara (Caracara plancus or Polyborus plancus) occurs from Florida, Texas, Arizona, Cuba, and the Isle of Pines south to the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego.

Found throughout Central and South America, the southern crested caracara is a bird of prey that is mainly dark brown in coloring, with a white neck and tail and orange patch around the beak.