Audubon's caracara

Audubon's caracara
noun
widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail
• Hypernyms: ↑caracara
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polyborus, ↑genus Polyborus

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\\ˈȯdəbənz-, -ˌbänz sometimes ˈȯdyə- or ˈȯjə-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
Etymology: after J.J. Audubon died 1851 American ornithologist
: a No. American caracara (Polyborus cheriway audubonii) that is widespread from the southern United States through Mexico to Central America and is rusty black above with a bright bare face, a small black crest, and the breast and tail white marked with black

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