Southern Caracara © uniprot.org

Extinct form lutosus of Guadalupe I (off western Mexico) frequently treated as full species, but now generally considered a subspecies of Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus). Subspecies audubonii of doubtful validity, and often merged with cheriway. Subspecies ammophilus described from western Mexico, but even more dubious, and normally included within audubonii.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• pallidus Nelson, 1898   -  Tres Marí­as Is, off western Mexico.
• audubonii Cassin, 1865   -  Southern USA (Florida; Texas to Arizona) through Central America to western Panama; Cuba, I of Pines.
• cheriway (Jacquin, 1784)   -  Eastern Panama through central and eastern Colombia to the Guianas and south to northern Peru and R Amazon; Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) east to Trinidad. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway).
• plancus (J. F. Miller, 1777)   -  Central Peru and central Bolivia east to Amazon Delta and south to Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Is.
• lutosus ! (Miller, 1777)   -  Isla Guadaloupe, Mexico. Extinct. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Guadalupe Caracara (Caracara lutosa).

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