Southern Caracara Caracara plancus Scientific name definitions
- Names (33)
- Monotypic
Richard O. Bierregaard and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2017
Text last updated February 23, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | caracarà crestat meridional (plancus) |
| Czech | karančo jižní (ssp. plancus) |
| English | Crested Caracara (Southern) |
| English (United States) | Crested Caracara (Southern) |
| French | Caracara huppé (plancus) |
| French (France) | Caracara huppé (plancus) |
| German | Schopfkarakara (plancus) |
| Icelandic | Gammfálki (plancus) |
| Japanese | ミナミカラカラ（plancus） |
| Norwegian | gribbkarakara (plancus) |
| Polish | karakara czubata (plancus) |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carcará (plancus) |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Caracará (plancus) |
| Russian | Равнинная каракара (plancus) |
| Serbian | Ćubasta karakara (južna) |
| Slovak | karakara pásikavá (skup.) |
| Spanish | Caracara Carancho (sureño) |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Carancho (plancus) |
| Spanish (Chile) | Traro (plancus) |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Caracara Cargahuesos (plancus) |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Caraira (plancus) |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Caracara Crestado (plancus) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Caracara Común (plancus) |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Caracara Quebrantahuesos (plancus) |
| Spanish (Panama) | Caracara Crestada (plancus) |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Carancho (plancus) |
| Spanish (Peru) | Caracara Crestado (sur) |
| Spanish (Spain) | Caracara carancho (sureño) |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Carancho (Subesp. plancus) |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Caricare Encrestado (plancus) |
| Swedish | tofskarakara (plancus) |
| Turkish | Tepeli Karakara (plancus) |
| Ukrainian | Каракара аргентинська (підвид plancus) |
Caracara plancus (Miller, JF, 1777)
PROTONYM:
Falco Plancus
Miller, JF, 1777. Var.Subj.Nat.Hist. 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Southern Caracara
