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The crested caracara (Caracara plancus), also known as the Mexican eagle, [3] is a bird of prey (raptor) in the falcon family, Falconidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Polyborus before being given in its own genus, Caracara .
Crested caracara, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Crested caracara (C. plancus) in flight Caracaras are birds of prey in the family Falconidae.They are traditionally placed in subfamily Polyborinae with the forest falcons, [1] but are sometimes considered to constitute their own subfamily, Caracarinae, [2] or classified as members of the true falcon subfamily, Falconinae. [3]
Caracara plancus. The crested caracara is the only extant species in Caracara, and was formerly separated into two species, the northern and southern crested caracaras. The modern range includes Cuba, South America, most of Central America and Mexico, just reaching the southernmost parts of the United States, including Florida.
The falcons and caracaras are around 65 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae (representing all extant species in the order Falconiformes).The family likely originated in South America during the Paleocene [1] and is divided into three subfamilies: Herpetotherinae, which includes the laughing falcon and forest falcons; Polyborinae, which includes the spot-winged ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Bonaire.The avifauna of Bonaire (an island of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea) has 209 confirmed species, of which four have been introduced by humans and 63 are rare or vagrants (including a species introduced elsewhere in the region).
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The Guadalupe caracara (Caracara lutosa) or mourning caracara is an extinct bird of prey belonging to the falcon family (Falconidae). [2] It was, together with the closely related crested caracara (Caracara plancus), formerly placed in the genus Polyborus. It was also known as the quelili or the calalie. [3]
The striated caracara or Forster's caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) is a Near Threatened bird of prey of the family Falconidae, the falcons and caracaras. [4] [1] It is found in Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. [5] In the Falklands it is known as the Johnny rook, probably named after the Johnny penguin (gentoo penguin). [6]