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carrancha|kəˈræntʃə|
Also carancha, car(r)ancho.
[Native name.]
A South American caracara or carrion-hawk, Polyborus tharus.
1839Darwin Jrnl. iii. 64 Polyborus Braziliensis..is most numerous on the grassy savannahs of La Plata (where it goes by the name of Carrancha). 1869W. H. Hudson Let. 22 Dec. in Ornithol. Buenos Ayres (1951) ii. 10 This sayno swamp is a great breeding place for the Carranchos, and for hawks. 1889Sclater & Hudson Argent. Ornithol. II. 81 Polyborus tharus..Carancho Carrion-Hawk. 1911Encycl. Brit. XX. 901/1 The carrancha or carrion-hawk..is one of the characteristic features of a Patagonian landscape. 1920W. H. Hudson Birds of La Plata II. 76 South of Paraguay the Spanish name is Carancho, possibly a corruption of Keanché, the Puelche name for the allied Milvago chimango, in imitation of its peevish cry. Ibid. 77 The Caranchos pair for life, and may therefore be called social birds. |