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Milvago (caracara)

Reptilia - Falconidae

Taxonomy
Milvago was named by Spix (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polyborinae by Campbell (1979); to Polyborini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Falconidae by Emslie and Morgan (1995) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Milvago Spix
1979Milvago Campbell
1995Milvago Emslie and Morgan
2014Milvago del Hoyo et al.
2017Milvago Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
Falconiformes(Sharpe 1874)
familyFalconidaeVigors 1824
genusMilvagoSpix 1824

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Milvago Spix 1824 [caracara]
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Milvago brodkorbi Campbell 1979 [caracara]
Milvago chimachima Viellot 1816 [yellow-headed caracara]
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Invalid names: Milvago readei Brodkorb 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available