Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Alternative combination: Polyborus creightoni
Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1959. Pleistocene birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 4(11):349-371
Belongs to Caracara according to J. A. Oswald and D. W. Steadman 2018
See also Brodkorb 1959, Morgan 1994 and Olson and Hilgartner 1982
Sister taxa: Caracara cheriway, Caracara plancus, Polyborus latebrosus, Polyborus plancus
Type specimen: UF 3153, a limb element (left carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Banana Hole (UF collection), which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene sinkhole limestone in the Bahamas.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Cayman Islands (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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