Crested Caracara Caracara plancus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (2)
Joan L. Morrison and James F. Dwyer
Version: 1.1 — Published July 14, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Качулата каракара |
| Catalan | caracarà crestat meridional |
| Czech | karančo jižní |
| Dutch | Kuifcaracara |
| English | Crested Caracara |
| English (United States) | Crested Caracara |
| French | Caracara huppé |
| French (France) | Caracara huppé |
| German | Schopfkarakara |
| Icelandic | Gammfálki |
| Japanese | ミナミカラカラ |
| Norwegian | gribbkarakara |
| Polish | karakara czubata |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carcará |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Caracará |
| Russian | Равнинная каракара |
| Serbian | Ćubasta karakara |
| Slovak | karakara pásikavá |
| Spanish | Caracara Carancho |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Carancho |
| Spanish (Chile) | Traro |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Caracara Cargahuesos |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Caraira |
| 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 |
| Ukrainian | Каракара аргентинська |
Revision Notes
Joan L. Morrison and James F. Dwyer revised the Identification, Plumage, and Systematics pages. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Caracara plancus (Miller, 1777)
PROTONYM:
Falco Plancus
Miller, 1777. Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt3, pl.17.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tierra del Fuego.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CARACARA
- caracara
- plancus
- Plancus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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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