Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Caracara [plancus or cheriway] (sensu lato) by some authors

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(Jun 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009) (v.1) Clements 1st edition (v.1) Clements, version 2021 (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th 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Other related concepts

• Caracara [plancus x cheriway] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Azerbaijani: cənub karakarası
Bulgarian: Каракара
Catalan: Caracarà, Caracarà crestat meridional
Czech: karančo jižní
Chuvash: каракара
Danish: Caracara, Sydlig Caracara
German: Karakara, Schopfkarakara, Schopfkarakara (plancus)
English: Common Caracara, Crested Caracara, Crested Caracara (Southern), Southern Caracara, Southern Crested Caracara, Southern Crested-Caracara
English, HBW: Southern Caracara
English (IOC): Crested Caracara (Southern), Southern Crested Caracara
English (United States): Crested Caracara (Southern), Southern Caracara
Esperanto: Suda karakaro
Spanish: Caracara Carancho, Caracara Carancho (sureño), Caracara Crestado, Caracara quebrantahuesos, Carancho, Carancho meridional, Quebrantahuesos, Traro
Spanish (Argentine): Carancho, Carancho (plancus)
Spanish (Bolivia): Carancho
Spanish (Chile): Traro, Traro (plancus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Caracara Cargahuesos, Caracara Cargahuesos (plancus)
Spanish (Cuba): Caraira
Spanish (Ecuador): Caracara Crestado (plancus)
Spanish (Spain): Caracara carancho (sureño), Carancho Meridional
Spanish (HBW): Southern Caracara
Spanish (Honduras): Quebrantahuesos
Spanish (Mexico): caracara quebrantahuesos, Caracara Quebrantahuesos (plancus)
Spanish (Nicaragua): Caracara Crestado
Spanish (Panama): Caracara Crestada (plancus)
Spanish (Peru): Caracara Carancho, Caracara Crestado (plancus)
Spanish (Paraguay): Carancho, Carancho (plancus)
Spanish (Uruguay): Carancho, Carancho (Subesp. plancus)
Spanish (Venezuela): Caricare Encrestado (plancus)
Estonian: tuttkarakaara
Finnish: eteläntöyhtökarakara
French: Caracara huppé
Irish: Caracara deisceartach
Guarani: Kara kara
Croatian: krunata karakara
Hungarian: bóbitás karakara
Icelandic: Gammfálki (plancus), Kambfálki
Italian: Caracara meridionale
Japanese (romaji): karakara, minamikarakara
Japanese: カラカラ, ミナミカラカラ, ミナミカラカラ（plancus）
Kazakh: айдарлы каракара, кәдімгі каракара
Kirghiz: кадимки тарпчыл ителги
Scientific: Caracara plancus, Caracara plancus plancus, Falco brasiliensis, Falco plancus, Falco Tharus, Polyborus planchus planchus, Polyborus plancus, Polyborus plancus plancus
Lithuanian: Kuoduotoji karakara
Latvian: cekulainā karakara, Dienvidu karakara
Dutch: Kuifcaracara, Zuidelijke Kuifcaracara
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gribbkarakara
Norwegian: Gribbkarakara
Polish: karakara czarnobrzucha
Portuguese: Caracara, caracará, caracarai, carancho, carcará, chimango, gavião-caracará, gavião-de-queimada
Portuguese (Brazil): Caracará, caracarai, carancho, carcara, carcará, carcará (plancus), chimango, gavião-caracará, gavião-de-queimada
Portuguese (Portugal): Caracará, caracara-meridional
Russian: Каракара обыкновенная, Обыкновенная каракара, Равнинная каракара, Равнинная каракара (plancus)
Slovak: Karakara pásikavá, karakara pásikavá (skup.)
Serbian: Ćubasta karakara (južna), Južna karakara
Swedish: Sydlig tofscaracara, sydlig tofskarakara, Tofscaracara, tofskarakara (plancus)
Turkish: Güneyli karakara, Tepeli Karakara (plancus)
Ukrainian: Каракара аргентинська
Chinese: 风头巨隼
Chinese (Traditional): 南美鳳頭卡拉鷹