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'''Caracara''' referes to several species of [[bird of prey|predatory birds]] found primarily in Latin America. Despite being slow aerial fliers, and often on the ground as scavengers, caracaras have been placed in the family Falconidae alongside true falcons. | '''Caracara''' referes to several species of [[bird of prey|predatory birds]] found primarily in Latin America. Despite being slow aerial fliers, and often on the ground as scavengers, caracaras have been placed in the family Falconidae alongside true falcons. | ||
Revision as of 05:14, October 23, 2012
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Branch | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Sub-phylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Class Information | |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Aves |
| Sub-class | Neornithes |
| Infra-class | Neoaves |
| Order Information | |
| Superorder | Passerimorphae |
| Order | Accipitriformes |
| Infraorder | Falconides |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Falconidae |
| Sub-family | Polyborinae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genera | Caracara Daptrius Ibycter Milvago Phalcoboenus |
| Population statistics | |
Caracara referes to several species of predatory birds found primarily in Latin America. Despite being slow aerial fliers, and often on the ground as scavengers, caracaras have been placed in the family Falconidae alongside true falcons.
Species
- Genus Caracara
- Crested caracara, Caracara cheriway
- Guadalupe caracara, Caracara lutosa (extinct, 1903)
- Southern caracara, Caracara plancus
- Genus Daptrius
- Black caracara, Daptrius ater
- Genus Ibycter
- Red-throated caracara, Ibycter americanus
- Genus Milvago
- Chimango caracara, Milvago chimango
- Yellow-headed caracara, Milvago chimachima
- Genus Phalcoboenus
- Carunculated caracara, Phalcoboenus carunculatus
- Mountain caracara, Phalcoboenus megalopterus
- Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis
- White-throated caracara, Phalcoboenus albogularis