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Red-throated Caracara
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Subfamily:	Polyborinae
Genus:	Ibycter; Vieillot, 1816
Species:	I. americanus
Binomial name
	Ibycter americanus; (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms
	Falco americanus; Boddaert, 1783; Daptrius americanus; (Boddaert, 1783);

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The Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus) is a social species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Ibycter,^{[citation needed]} or sometimes united in Daptrius with the Black Caracara. Uniquely among caracaras, it mainly feeds on the larvae of bees and wasps, but will also take the adult insects, fruits and berries.^[2]

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-The '''Red-throated Caracara''' (''Ibycter americanus'') is a social species of [[bird of prey]] in the [[Falconidae]] family. It is placed in the [[monotypic]] [[genus]] '''''Ibycter''''',{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} or sometimes united in ''Daptrius'' with the [[Black Caracara]]. Uniquely among [[caracara]]s, it mainly feeds on the [[larva]]e of [[bee]]s and [[wasp]]s, but will also take the adult insects, [[fruit]]s and [[berries]].
+The '''Red-throated Caracara''' (''Ibycter americanus'') is a social species of [[bird of prey]] in the [[Falconidae]] family. It is placed in the [[monotypic]] [[genus]] '''''Ibycter''''',{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} or sometimes united in ''Daptrius'' with the [[Black Caracara]]. Uniquely among [[caracara]]s, it mainly feeds on the [[larva]]e of [[bee]]s and [[wasp]]s, but will also take the adult insects, [[fruit]]s and [[berries]].<ref name=McCann2013>{{Cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0084114}}</ref>
 It is found in [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[El Salvador]], [[Ecuador]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guatemala]], [[Guyana]], [[Honduras]], [[Mexico]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]]. Its natural [[habitat]]s are [[subtropical]] or tropical moist lowland [[forest]]s and subtropical or tropical moist [[montane forest]]s.