Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Polyborus latebrosus

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1920. Five new species of birds from cave deposits in Porto Rico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 33:77-82

Belongs to Caracara according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Wetmore 1920 and Wetmore 1922

Sister taxa: Caracara cheriway, Caracara creightoni, Caracara plancus, Polyborus plancus

Type specimen: AMNH 4921, a limb element (proximal end of right metacarpus)

Distribution: found only at Cueva Toraño, Utuado district (Quaternary of Puerto Rico)

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