Polyborinae

Crested caracara Caracara cheriway, photographed by David M. Jensen.

Belongs within: Falconidae.

The Polyborinae includes the caracaras of South and southern North America. Caracaras are relatively long-legged falcons that often feed as scavengers. They have more or less extensive areas of bare reddish skin on the face around the base of the bill.

Polyborinae [Daptriinae]
    |  i. s.: Polyborus Vieillot 1816 B94
    |           |--P. latebrosus SWK87
    |           |--P. lutosus FS01
    |           |--P. plancus EA06
    |           `--P. vulgaris K08
    |--Caracara Merrem 1826 JT12, B94
    |    |--C. cheriway JT12
    |    |--C. lutosa FP64
    |    |--C. plancus JT12
    |    |    |--C. p. plancus FS55
    |    |    `--C. p. audubonii FS55
    |    `--C. prelutosa FP64
    `--+--Ibycter Vieillot 1816 JT12, B94 [Ibycterinae]
       |    `--I. americanus JT12
       `--+--Phalcoboenus JT12
          |    |--P. albogularis JT12
          |    |--P. australis (Gmelin 1788) [=Falco australis] CC10
          |    |--P. carunculatus JT12
          |    `--P. megalopterus JT12
          `--+--Daptrius Vieillot 1816 JT12, B94
             |    `--D. ater JT12 [=Ibycter ater SS66]
             `--Milvago JT12
                  |--M. chimachima JT12
                  `--M. chimango JT12

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4^th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[EA06] Ericson, P. G. P., C. L. Anderson, T. Britton, A. Elzanowski, U. S. Johansson, M. Källersjö, J. I. Ohlson, T. J. Parsons, D. Zuccon & G. Mayr. 2006. Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils. Biology Letters 2 (4): 543–547.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[FP64] Fisher, J., & R. T. Peterson. 1964. The World of Birds: A comprehensive guide to general ornithology. Macdonald: London.

[FS01] Flannery, T. & P. Schouten. 2001. A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. Text Publishing: Melbourne.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[K08] Kellogg, V. L. 1908. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den Umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906 vol. 15. Corrodentia pt 4. Mallophaga. Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A. B.: Uppsala.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SWK87] Snyder, N. F. R., J. W. Wiley & C. B. Kepler. 1987. The Parrots of Luquillo: Natural history and conservation of the Puerto Rican parrot. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology: Los Angeles.

Last updated: 5 August 2019.