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Caracara  Merrem, 1826
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175594

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Polyborus Vieillot, 1816
  
  Common Name(s): Caracaras [English]
  
    Crested Caracaras [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderFalconiformes  – Falcons, Falconiforms, faucons  
                            FamilyFalconidae Leach, 1820 – Caracaras, Falcons  
                               SubfamilyPolyborinae Bonaparte, 1837  
                                  GenusCaracara Merrem, 1826 – Caracaras, Crested Caracaras  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Caracara lutosa (Ridgway, 1876) – Guadalupe Caracara, Caracara de Guadalupe, Carancho de Guadalupe, carcará-de-guadalupe 
                                     Species Caracara plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777) – Crested Caracara, Southern Caracara, Caracara quebrantahuesos, Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara huppé, Carancho meridional, carcará 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Caracara    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Caracara    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Caracara   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.06, website (version 06-Feb-11)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Caracara   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, Richard C., and Carla J. Dove  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: The generic name for Caracaras (Aves: Falconidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 105, no. 3   
  Page(s): 420-425   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0006-324X   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara   
       
  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   
       
  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   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0043-5643   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara   
       

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