Caracara (genus)
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This article is about the genus of birds. For the subfamily of birds, see Caracara (subfamily). For other uses, see Caracara (disambiguation).
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Caracara | |
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Crested caracara (Caracara plancus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Falconiformes |
Family: | Falconidae |
Subfamily: | Polyborinae |
Genus: | Caracara Merrem, 1826 |
Type species | |
Vultur plancus Miller, JF, 1777 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Polyborus |
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Caracara is a genus in the family Falconidae and the subfamily Polyborinae. It contains one extant species, the crested caracara; and one recently extinct species, the Guadalupe caracara. The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society has voted to again merge the two, retaining C. plancus as crested caracara.[1] The taxonomists of the International Ornithologists' Union have also merged them.[2]