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Caracara plancus  (J. F. Miller, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554146

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Polyborus plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777)
  
    Polyborus plancus plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777)
  
  Common Name(s): Crested Caracara [English]
  
    Southern Caracara [English]
  
    Caracara quebrantahuesos [Spanish]
  
    Southern Crested Caracara [English]
  
    Caracara huppé [French]
  
    Carancho meridional [Spanish]
  
    carcará [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                     SpeciesCaracara plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777) – Crested Caracara, Southern Caracara, Caracara quebrantahuesos, Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara huppé, Carancho meridional, carcará  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Caracara plancus cheriway (Jacquin, 1784) – Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara du Nord 
                                        Subspecies Caracara plancus plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Caracara plancus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Caracara plancus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Caracara quebrantahuesos[Spanish]   
       
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Caracara plancus   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Caracara plancus   
       
  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 plancus, Crested Caracara [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9, website (version 2.9)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)   
  Reference for: Caracara plancus, Southern Crested Caracara [English]   
       
  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 plancus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Crested Caracara[English]   
       
  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 plancus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Caracara plancus, Southern Caracara [English]   
       
  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 plancus, Southern Caracara [English]   
       
  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 plancus   
       
  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 plancus, Southern Crested Caracara [English]   
       

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

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Change English name of C. plancus from Southern Crested Caracara to Crested Caracara following lump with C. cheriway (IOC List v12.1)  
 

 

    

 
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