Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name:
Polyborus plancus
Authority:
(J. F. Miller, 1777)
Synonyms:
Common Names:
Common Names
Location
Language
Caracara
Global
English
Caracara
Dutch Caribbean
Dutch
Crested Caracara
Global
English
Kuifcaracara
Dutch Caribbean
Dutch
Warawara
Dutch Caribbean
Papiamento
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Animalia
Chordata
Aves (Birds)
Ciconiiformes
Falconidae
Caracara
Taxonomic Comments:
General Species Description:
Length 55 cm; wingspan 120 cm. Large hawk, recognized in flight by long neck and large white patch at wing tip (base of primaries). Wing broad, tip 'fingered'. Tail rather long, with broad teminal band. Dark crown contrasts with buffish-white head and neck; crown feathers may b raised to form incospicuous crest. At close quarters, naked, pink or orange-coloured facial skin conspicuous. Bill stong and hooked. Adult has narrow tranverse black bars on breast; abdomen and underside of wing black. Facial skin orange; feet bright orange-yellow.
Conservation Status
Status
type
Location
Status
Review
date
CITES
Global
II
SPAW
Caribbean
II
Habitats
Terrestrially widely distributed: No
Habitat
subtype
Description
Comments
TERRESTRIAL - shrublands
Distribution Status
No Distributions listed.
Location
Occurrence Status
Description
Aruba
Breeding bird
Bonaire
Breeding bird
Curaçao
Breeding bird
Population
Location
Quality
Quantity
Description
Date
Comments
Aruba
Breeding bird, scarce
Bonaire
Breeding bird, very scarce
Curaçao
Breeding bird, scarce
Threats
No Threats listed.
Uses
No Uses listed.
Resources
Images
Distribution Maps
No Distribution Maps listed.
Documents
No Documents listed.
Web Links
No Web Links listed.
References
Citation
Author
Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983
Voous, Karel Hendrik
Published document
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