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Caracara plancus cheriway (Crested Caracara)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Caracara is a genus in the Family Falconidae and the Subfamily of Polyborinae. This genus consists of two extant, the Northern and Southern Creasted Caracaras, and one extinct species, the Guadalupe Caracara. The only visable difference between the two living species is that the southern species posesess more barred plumage than the northern species. The minor phyical differences between these species resulted in their originally beng classified as a single species.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.0322
EDGE Score: 2.40082
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.423 lbs (1.099 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  51 grams
Female Weight [1]  2.542 lbs (1.153 kg)
Male Weight [1]  2.306 lbs (1.046 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.2 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Aridlands, Tropical dry forests, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Aridlands, Tropical dry forests, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [4]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [4]  60 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  2
Clutches / Year [3]  2
Fledging [1]  42 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  2,000,000
Incubation [3]  32 days
Maximum Longevity [3]  26 years
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5]  100
Snout to Vent Length [1]  23 inches (58 cm)
Wing Span [6]  3.87 feet (1.18 m)

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Emblem of

Mexico

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0