caracara

English Thesaurus

1. any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South America and Central America (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	falcon,
definition	:	diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	audubon's caracara, polyborus cheriway audubonii,
definition	:	widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	carancha, polyborus plancus,
definition	:	South American caracara (noun.animal)