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Southern Caracara

Caracara plancus (Miller, JF, 1777)

The Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the Southern Caracara or Carancho, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. The classification of this species and name have evolved. It was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus. The use of the name formerly extended to two subspecies: the Northern Caracara (C. cheriway) of the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and northern South America, and the extinct Guadalupe Caracara (C. lutosa) as subspecies. As the name is presently defined, the range of the Southern Caracara is restricted to central and southern South America. Source: Wikipedia




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Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
  Caracara

Scientific:
  Caracara plancus

Citation:
  (Miller, JF, 1777)

Reference:
  Var.Subj.Nat.Hist. pl.17

Protonym:
  Falco Plancus

Avibase ID:
  7C22C3D36819CF16

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/7C22C3D3

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554146

Geographic range:

  • Caracara plancus: Amazon basin to e Peru, Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Southern Caracara
Catalan:
Caracarà crestat meridional
Czech:
karančo jižní
Danish:
Caracara
German:
Schopfkarakara
Spanish:
Carancho meridional
Spanish (Spain):
Carancho Meridional
Finnish:
eteläntöyhtökarakara
French:
Caracara huppé
Croatian:
krunata karakara
Hungarian:
bóbitás karakara
Icelandic:
Kambfálki
Italian:
Caracara meridionale
Japanese (romaji):
minamikarakara
Japanese:
ミナミカラカラ
Lithuanian:
Kuoduotoji karakara
Dutch:
Zuidelijke Kuifcaracara
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gribbkarakara
Norwegian:
Gribbkarakara
Polish:
karakara czarnobrzucha
Portuguese:
Caracara
Portuguese (Brazil):
carcará
Russian:
Обыкновенная каракара
Slovak:
karakara pásikavá
Serbian:
Južna karakara
Swedish:
sydlig tofskarakara
Ukrainian:
Каракара аргентинська
Chinese:
风头巨隼
Chinese (Traditional):
南美鳳頭卡拉鷹

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Caracara huppé ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Crested Caracara ( Polyborus plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Polyborus plancus plancus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original):
Polyborus plancus [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition):
Polyborus plancus plancus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Southern Caracara ( Caracara plancus)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Southern Crested Caracara ( Caracara plancus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Caracara plancus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Caracara plancus [version 1]

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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Other synonyms


Bulgarian: Каракара
Catalan: Caracarà, Caracarà crestat meridional
Czech: karančo jižní
Danish: Caracara, Sydlig Caracara
German: Karakara, Schopfkarakara
English: Common Caracara, Crested Caracara, Southern Caracara, Southern Crested Caracara, Southern Crested-Caracara
English (IOC): Southern Crested Caracara
Spanish: Caracara Carancho, Caracara Crestado, Caracara quebrantahuesos, Carancho, Carancho meridional, Quebrantahuesos, Traro
Spanish (Argentine): Carancho
Spanish (Bolivia): Carancho
Spanish (Chile): Traro
Spanish (Costa Rica): Caracara Cargahuesos
Spanish (Cuba): Caraira
Spanish (Spain): Carancho Meridional
Spanish (HBW): Southern Caracara
Spanish (Honduras): Quebrantahuesos
Spanish (Mexico): caracara quebrantahuesos
Spanish (Nicaragua): Caracara Crestado
Spanish (Peru): Caracara Carancho
Spanish (Paraguay): Carancho
Spanish (Uruguay): Carancho
Estonian: tuttkarakaara
Finnish: eteläntöyhtökarakara
French: Caracara huppé
Irish: Caracara deisceartach
Guarani: Kara kara
Croatian: krunata karakara
Hungarian: bóbitás karakara
Icelandic: Kambfálki
Italian: Caracara meridionale
Japanese (romaji): karakara, minamikarakara
Japanese: カラカラ, ミナミカラカラ
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, chimango, gavião-caracará, gavião-de-queimada
Portuguese (Portugal): Caracará
Russian: Каракара обыкновенная, Обыкновенная каракара
Slovak: Karakara pásikavá
Serbian: Južna karakara
Swedish: Sydlig tofscaracara, sydlig tofskarakara, Tofscaracara
Ukrainian: Каракара аргентинська
Chinese: 风头巨隼
Chinese (Traditional): 南美鳳頭卡拉鷹

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