19 January 2016 A hawk perched on a pig? Well, almost. A caracara on a capybara. The bird is a yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima), a member of the falcon family native to South America(*) and similar in size to a Cooper’s hawk. The mammal is a capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris), the world’s largest rodent. Its scientific … Continue reading Caracara, Capybara