Caracara major Jones, Rinderknecht, Migotto and White, 2013

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Uruguay

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Jones, Washington, Rinderknecht, Andres and White, Ernesto Rafael Migotto R. (2013). Body mass estimations and paleobiological inferences on a new species of large caracara (Aves, Falconidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay. Journal of Paleontology 87: 151-158. [Abstract]

Other references:

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

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