Caracara plancus

Caracara plancus, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Caracara plancus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Falconiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Neognathae Ordo: Falconiformes

Familia: Falconidae
Subfamilia: Caracarinae
Genus: Caracara
Species: Caracara plancus
Subspecies: C. p. cheriway – C. p. plancus

Name

Caracara plancus (J.F. Miller, 1777)

• Type locality: Tierra del Fuego.

Synonyms

• Falco plancus (protonym)
• Polyborus plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777)

References

Primary references

• Miller, J.F. 1776–1782. Various subjects of Natural History, wherein are delineated Birds, Animals and many curious Plants. BHL [Icones Animalium et Plantarum] 9 pp. + 54 tt.Reference page.  Illustration pt.3: pl.17 BHL

Additional references

• Fuchs, J., Johnson, J.A. & Mindell, D.P. 2012. Molecular systematics of the caracaras and allies (Falconidae: Polyborinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Ibis 154(3): 520-532. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2012.01222.x Reference page. 

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Adi qarqar
brezhoneg: Karakara-kuch ar c'hreisteiz
čeština: Karančo jižní
dansk: Stribet gribbefalk
Deutsch: Schopfkarakara
English: Southern Crested Caracara
Esperanto: Suda karakaro
español: Carancho
français: Caracara huppé
Avañe'ẽ: Karakara
magyar: Bóbitás karakara
日本語: カンムリカラカラ
lietuvių: Paprastoji karakara
Nederlands: Kuifcaracara
polski: Karakara czarnobrzucha
português: Carcará
Runa Simi: Qaranchu
русский: Обыкновенная каракара
українська: Звичайна каракара

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