Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Scientific name definitions
- Names (32)
- Subspecies (3)
Joan L. Morrison and James F. Dwyer
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 27, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 27, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | karančo jižní (ssp. cheriway) |
English | Crested Caracara (Northern) |
English (United States) | Crested Caracara (Northern) |
French | Caracara huppé (cheriway) |
French (France) | Caracara huppé (cheriway) |
German | Schopfkarakara (Nordkarakara) |
Icelandic | Gammfálki [cheriway hópur] |
Japanese | ミナミカラカラ(cheriway ) |
Norwegian | gribbkarakara (cheriway) |
Polish | karakara czubata [gr. cheriway] |
Portuguese (Brazil) | carcará (cheriway) |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Caracará (cheriway) |
Russian | Равнинная каракара (cheriway) |
Serbian | Ćubasta karakara (severna) |
Slovak | karakara chochlatá (skup.) |
Spanish | Caracara Carancho (norteño) |
Spanish (Argentina) | Carancho [grupo cheriway] |
Spanish (Chile) | Traro (cheriway) |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Caracara Cargahuesos (cheriway) |
Spanish (Cuba) | Caraira (cheriway) |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Caracara Crestado (cheriway) |
Spanish (Honduras) | Caracara Común (cheriway) |
Spanish (Mexico) | Caracara Quebrantahuesos (cheriway) |
Spanish (Panama) | Caracara Crestada (cheriway) |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Carancho (cheriway) |
Spanish (Peru) | Caracara Crestado (norte) |
Spanish (Spain) | Caracara carancho (norteño) |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Carancho (Subesp. cheriway) |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Caricare Encrestado (cheriway) |
Swedish | tofskarakara (cheriway) |
Turkish | Tepeli Karakara (cheriway) |
Ukrainian | Каракара аргентинська (підвид cheriway) |
Caracara cheriway (von Jacquin, 1784)
PROTONYM:
Falco cheriway
von Jacquin, 1784. Beytr.Gesch.Vogel, p.17 pl.4.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aruba.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CARACARA
- caracara
- cheriway
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