golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) Description
Français : planche N°10 dessinée par édouard Traviés du livre "Le règne animaldistribué d'après son organisation" par Georges Cuvier (Tome 4), seconde édition de 1828, représentant :
-en haut : Aigle royal (Aquila chrysaetos) = golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
-en bas : Caracara huppé (Polyborus plancus) = southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
Date 26 April 2013, 23:33:09
Author Rvalette
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuvier-10-Aigle_royal_et_Caracara.jpg
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Despite being extirpated from or uncommon in some of its former range, the species is still fairly ubiquitous, being present in sizeable stretches of Eurasia, North America, and parts of North Africa.
The southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the southern caracara or carancho, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. As presently defined, the southern crested caracara is restricted to central and southern South America.