Milvago

Milvago is a genus of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.

Contents

• Carrapateiro milvago chimachima
• Hawk yellow headed caracara milvago chimachima gavi o carrapateiro bird of prey
• References

It contains the following species:

They are native to South America, with M. chimachima just reaching to the Isthmus of Panama and into Costa Rica. Prehistorically the genus extended into the Caribbean. There it might have become extinct as late as after the arrival of the first humans in the early Holocene, though there is no evidence for this at present and they more likely disappeared already during the last glacial period.

Fossil record:

A paleosubspecies of the yellow-headed caracara from Florida is also known.