Caracara Merrem, 1826

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
GENUS

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Aves: order
Falconiformes: family
Falconidae: genus
Caracara

Name

Synonyms: Poliborus Wood, 1837; Polyborus Vieillot, 1816
Homonyms: Caracara Merrem, 1826
Common names: Caracaras in English; Crested Caracaras in English; caracara in English

Bibliographic References

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
Banks, Richard C., and Carla J. Dove, 1992: The generic name for Caracaras (Aves: Falconidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 105, no. 3. 420-425.
Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
Dove, Carla J., and Richard C. Banks, 1999: A taxonomic study of crested caracaras (Falconidae). The Wilson Bulletin, vol. 111, no. 3. 330-339.
Ersch & Gruber, Allg. Ency., 15
Gill, D. (eds.) (2015) IOC World Bird List (v 5.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.5.1. Online: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
Peterson, A.P. (2012) Zoonomen. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Birds of the World -- current valid scientific avian names. Online database: http://www.zoonomen.net/
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/.
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/.
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/.
SOF (2010) Holarktis fåglar, ver 3. SOF:s officiella lista över Holarktis fågelarter. http://www.sofnet.org/sveriges-ornitologiska-forening/om-sof/kommitteer/taxonominkommitten-tk/holarktis-faglar-ver-3/
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