Caracara
Translingual
Etymology
From Spanish caracará or Portuguese caracará, ultimately from Old Tupi karakará.
Proper noun
Caracara m or f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Falconidae – crested caracaras.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Falconiformes – order; Falconidae – family; Caracarinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Caracara plancus – sole extant species
References
- Caracara (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caracara on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Caracara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN