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    Genus Accepted

    Caracara Merrem, 1826

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Caracara crestato Italian
      Caracaras English
      Caracarás Portuguese
      Caranchos Spanish
      Crested Caracaras English
      Kuoduotosios karakaros Lithuanian
      Schopfkarakaras German
      karančo Czech
      töyhtökarakarat Finnish
      Каракары-каранчи Russian

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Merrem, Blasius. 1826. Caracara. Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste 15: 159-160.
      Orn. Guide
      Dove, Carla J., and Richard C. Banks. (1999). A taxonomic study of crested caracaras (Falconidae). The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 111, No. 3.
      as per family.
      Dickinson, Edward C., ed. (2003). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd Edition.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      as per synonymized taxon.
      Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      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.

      Citation

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