?Milvago sp. nov. 'Jamaica'

Jamaican caracara

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Caracara undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:75)

McFarlane et al. (2002) reported subfossil remains of a new and endemic Caracara (Milvago sp.) from Jamaica.

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene (Holocene?)

Distribution

Jamaica

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

McFarlane, D. A., Lundberg, J. and Fincham, A. G. (2002). A late Quaternary paleoecological record from caves of southern Jamaica, West Indies. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 64(2): 117-125.

Suárez W and Olson SL (2001b) Further characterization of Caracara creightoni Brodkorb based on fossils from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves: Falconidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114, 501–508.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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