Bahaman caracara

Bahaman caracara
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Subfamily: Polyborinae
Genus: Caracara
Species: C. creightoni
Binomial name
Caracara creightoni
Synonyms
  • Polyborus creightoni

The Bahaman caracara (Caracara creightoni) is an extinct bird of prey. It is known only from a few fossils discovered in the Bahamas and Cuba.[1]

Caracara latebrosus holotype, possible senior synonym

C. creightoni stood 23 inches tall.[1] It was short-winged and likely a poor flier.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tumas, Alejandro; Hobbs, Amanda (August 2010), Todhunter, Andrew, ed., "Blue Holes of the Bahamas" in "Deep Dark Secrets", National Geographic 218 (2): insert.
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