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Caracara (caracara)
Taxonomy
Caracara was named by Merrem (1826). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Emslie (1998).
It was assigned to Caracarinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Falconidae by Brodkorb (1959), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Caracarinae by Wetmore (1956); and to Falconidae by Brodkorb (1959), Emslie (1998) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Polyborus Vieillot |
| 1826 | Caracara Merrem |
| 1930 | Polyborus Hay p. 321 |
| 1933 | Polyborus Lambrecht p. 419 |
| 1940 | Polyborus Wetmore p. 40 |
| 1956 | Caracara Wetmore p. 48 |
| 1959 | Caracara Brodkorb |
| 1988 | Polyborus Carroll |
| 1992 | Polyborus Guthrie p. 322 |
| 1994 | Polyborus Morgan p. 467 |
| 1998 | Caracara Emslie |
| 2017 | Caracara Clements et al. |
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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. Caracara Merrem 1826 [caracara]
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Caracara cheriway Jacquin 1784 [crested caracara]
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†Caracara prelutosus prelutosus Howard 1938
Invalid names: Caracara prelutosa Howard 1938 [synonym]
†Caracara creightoni Brodkorb 1959 [Creighton's caracara]
Caracara plancus Miller 1777 [southern caracara]
Invalid names: Polyborus Vieillot 1816 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available