Falklands Conservation

Protecting the Unique Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic

WILDLIFE UNDER THREAT

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17p Striated Caracara (Johnny Rook) Phalcoboenus australis

The Falkland Islands hold most of the world's population of the Striated Caracara, a rare bird of prey known locally as Johnny Rook. Its reputation for attacking sheep and lambs has meant that it has been widely persecuted by farmers and this has led to a serious decline in numbers. Today it breeds almost exclusively on remote offshore islands where it depends on colonial seabirds for most of its food. To determine its current status Falklands Conservation (at the request of Falkland Islands Government) is conducting a survey of this species during 1997/98.

Falklands Conservation UK Charity 1073859
Patron: HRH The Duke of York CVO ADC
Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature | BirdLife International Representative