Caracara tellustris Olson, 2008:267

Terrestrial caracara, Jamaican caracara

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Jamaica

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Olson, Storrs L. (2008). A New Species of Large, Terrestrial Caracara from Holocene Deposits in Southern Jamaica (Aves: Falconidae). Journal of Raptor Research (The Raptor Research Foundation) 42(4): 265-272. [Abstract]

Other references:

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.

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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