Crested Caracara

Caption on plate: Brazilian Caracara Eagle

After Audubon unsuccessfully hunted a single Caracara for several days, one of his assistants, Lehman or Ward, shot it. This double portrait was made of that bird in St. Augustine on November 27, 1831. This South American species, Mexico's national bird, can be found in the United States only in Florida and Texas.

"I was not aware of the existence of the Caracara or Brazilian Eagle in the United States, until my visit to the Floridas ..."

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