The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carrancha \Car*ran"cha\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) The Brazilian kite ( Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
Wiktionary
n. The Brazilian kite (''Polyborus brasiliensis'').
Usage examples of "carrancha".
When the Carrancha is quietly seated on the branch of a tree or on the ground, the Chimango often continues for a long time flying backwards and forwards, up and down, in a semicircle, trying each time at the bottom of the curve to strike its larger relative.
At times the Carrancha is noisy, but is not generally so: its cry is loud, very harsh and peculiar, and may be likened to the sound of the Spanish guttural g, followed by a rough double r r.
To these observations I may add, on the high authority of Azara, that the Carrancha feeds on worms, shells, slugs, grasshoppers, and frogs.
The Carranchas, together with the Chimango, constantly attend in numbers the estancias and slaughtering-houses.
Although the Carranchas frequently assemble in numbers, they are not gregarious.
Lastly, Azara states that several Carranchas, five or six together, will unite in chase of large birds, even such as herons.