Caracara plancus plancus

Caracara plancus plancus, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, El Calafate, Argentina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Falconiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Falconiformes

Familia: Falconidae
Subfamilia: Caracarinae
Genus: Caracara
Species: Caracara plancus
Subspecies: Caracara plancus 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

Additional references

• IUCN: Caracara plancus  (Least Concern)
• Chesser,R.T. et al. 2021.Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology, 138(3) DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab037

Vernacular names

English: Southern Caracara
Nederlands: Zuidelijke kuifcaracara