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Caracara cheriway  (Jacquin, 1784)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175595

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Caracara cheriway audubonii (Cassin, 1865)
  
    Polyborus audubonii Cassin, 1865
  
    Polyborus plancus audubonii Cassin, 1865
  
  Common Name(s): Crested Caracara [English]
  
    Northern Crested Caracara [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderCiconiiformes  -- aigles, aigles pêcheurs, albatros, alcidés, Auks, cigognes, cormorans, éperviers, faucons, flamants, goélands, grèbes, Herons, hérons, huarts, huîtriers, ibis, Ibises, pélicans, Penguins, pétrels, pingouins, pluviers, Storks, totipalmés, tubinares  
                FamilyFalconidae  -- Caracaras, Falcons  
                   GenusCaracara Merrem, 1826 -- Caracaras, Crested Caracaras  
                      SpeciesCaracara cheriway (Jacquin, 1784) -- Crested Caracara, Northern Crested Caracara  
       

 References
       
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  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Crested Caracara [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara cheriway   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource - 31-Mar-2005, website (version 31-Mar-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Alan P. Peterson; http://www.zoonomen.net/   
  Reference for: Caracara cheriway   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara cheriway, Crested Caracara   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dove, Carla J., and Richard C. Banks  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: A taxonomic study of crested caracaras (Falconidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Wilson Bulletin, vol. 111, no. 3   
  Page(s): 330-339   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0043-5643   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara cheriway   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Caracara cheriway, Northern Crested Caracara   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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