An aberrant coloured Southern crested caracara <i>Caracara plancus</i> Miller 1777 (Falconiformes: Falconidae) from Brazil

Raone Beltrão-Mendes; José Percílio Mendonça Costa; André Beal Galina; Juan Ruiz-Esparza

doi:10.4081/nhs.2023.674

Authors

Raone Beltrão-Mendes
raonebm@yahoo.com.br
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE; Laboratório de Biologia da Conservação, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE , Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3631-5229
José Percílio Mendonça Costa Parque dos Falcões, Itabaiana, SE, Brazil.
André Beal Galina Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (CETAS/ IBAMA), Aracaju, SE, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-5602
Juan Ruiz-Esparza Departamento de Educação em Ciências Agrárias e da Terra, Nossa Senhora da Glória, SE, Brazil.

We present an aberrant coloured individual of Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) from Brazil. The individual has predominantly white plumage with a few dark grey feathers on the body; the legs and face are yellow and the eyes are melanic. The individual was observed in the municipality of Nossa Senhora Aparecida, state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. The animal presented signs of sun burn and currently is hosted in the Parque dos Falcões, Sergipe, Brazil.

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Supporting Agencies

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (PNPD: 88887.320996/2019-00)

Beltrão-Mendes, R., Costa, J. P. M., Galina, A. B., & Ruiz-Esparza, J. (2023). An aberrant coloured Southern crested caracara <i>Caracara plancus</i> Miller 1777 (Falconiformes: Falconidae) from Brazil. Natural History Sciences, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.674