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Phalcoboenus

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Falconiformes

Subfamily
  
Polyborinae

Higher classification
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Phalcoboenus

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Genus

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Phalcoboenus is a small genus of caracara in the family Falconidae. They are found in barren, open habitats in the Andes, Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. The four species are almost entirely allopatric. The adults are distinctive, with bare yellow, orange or red facial skin and cere, and a black plumage with variable amounts of white. Juveniles are overall brown with pale pinkish-grey facial skin and cere. They are highly opportunistic and typically seen walking on the ground, where they will feed on carrion and virtually any small animal they can catch.

Contents

Carunculated caracara phalcoboenus carunculatus


Species

There are four extant and one extinct species.

The extant species are:

  • Carunculated caracara, Phalcoboenus carunculatus
  • Mountain caracara, Phalcoboenus megalopterus
  • White-throated caracara, Phalcoboenus albogularis
  • Striated caracara, Phalcoboenus australis
  • The extinct species is Phalcoboenus napieri which is known from subfossil remains unearthed in peat deposits from the Falkland Islands, described in 2016 and named for Roddy Napier, the owner of West Point Island in the Falklands.

    References

    Phalcoboenus Wikipedia


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