Flying predator
This carancho was caught while flying high above the Atacama Desert, looking for food.
The southern crested caracara, also known as the southern caracara or carancho, is a bird of prey and a common sight in all open plains in South America.
Credit:G. Lambert/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | 20120515_la_silla-cc |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 27 November 2014, 10:26 |
| Size: | 2484 x 1650 px |
About the Object
| Type: | Unspecified |
| Category: | Chile |
