Crested Caracara Caracara plancus Scientific name definitions
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (4)
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| English (United States) | Crested Caracara |
| French | Caracara huppé |
| German | Schopfkarakara |
| Icelandic | Gammfálki |
| Japanese | ミナミカラカラ |
| Norwegian | nordkarakara/gribbkarakara |
| Polish | karakara czubata |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carcará |
| Russian | Равнинная каракара |
| Serbian | Ćubasta karakara |
| Slovak | karakara pásikavá |
| Spanish | Caracara Carancho |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Carancho |
| Spanish (Chile) | Traro |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Caracara Cargahuesos |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Caracara Crestado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Caracara Común |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Caracara Quebrantahuesos |
| Spanish (Panama) | Caracara Crestada |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Carancho |
| Spanish (Peru) | Caracara Crestado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Caracara carancho |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Carancho |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Caricare Encrestado |
| Swedish | tofskarakara |
| Turkish | Tepeli Karakara |
Revision Notes
Steven G. Mlodinow standardized the account's content with Clements taxonomy.
Caracara plancus (von Jacquin, 1784)
PROTONYM:
Falco cheriway
von Jacquin, 1784. Beytr.Gesch.Vogel, p.17 pl.4.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Aruba.
Definitions
- CARACARA
- caracara
- plancus
- Plancus
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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