Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) - Wiki From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Photo] Striated Caracara
(Phalcoboenus australis). "Johnny Rook with a penguin dinner".
Source: Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tubby/435509092/in/
set-72157600028595586/). Date: 22 March 2007. Author: Ben Tubby
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/tubby/). The Striated Caracara,
(Phalcoboenus australis) is a bird of prey of the Falconidae
family. In the Falkland Islands it is known as Johnny Rook. The
adults plumage is almost black in colour, while the legs and
lores are orange and the neck is flecked with grey. The first
year juveniles have an orange or light red down, which they lose
after their first moult. Full adult plumage is acquired only in
the fifth year. It breeds in several islands in the Tierra del
fuego, but is more abundant in the Falklands where the
population is estimated at 500 breeding pairs. The Striated
Caracara is primarily a scavenger, feeding on carrion, offal and
small invertebrates that it digs up w