Key Identification Features
- This species has two distinct colour morphs.
- Different subspecies of the barred forest falcon occupy distinct ranges: M.
- Description: Adult black caracaras (Daptrius ater) have glossy black plumage overall, with a distinctive white band at the base of the tail, and yellow to orange-red feet and face.
- Adults are similar in appearance to their closest relative, the red-throated caracara, but black caracaras have distinctly long and narrow wings and tail, along with a black beak.
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