Phalcoboenus

Phalcoboenus
	Mountain caracara (Phalcoboenus megalopterus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Falconiformes
Family:	Falconidae
Subfamily:	Polyborinae
Genus:	Phalcoboenus; d'Orbigny, 1834
Type species
	Phalcoboenus montanus; d'Orbigny, 1834
Species
	Phalcoboenus carunculatus; Phalcoboenus megalopterus; Phalcoboenus albogularis; Phalcoboenus australis; Phalcoboenus napieri †

Phalcoboenus is a small genus of caracara in the family Falconidae. They are found in barren, open habitats in the Andes, Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. The four species are almost entirely allopatric. The adults are distinctive, with bare yellow, orange or red facial skin and cere, and a black plumage with variable amounts of white. Juveniles are overall brown with pale pinkish-grey facial skin and cere. They are highly opportunistic and typically seen walking on the ground, where they will feed on carrion and virtually any small animal they can catch.

Species

There are four extant and one extinct species.

The extant species are:

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Phalcoboenus carunculatus	Carunculated caracara	Ecuador and Colombia.
Phalcoboenus megalopterus	Mountain caracara	Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Argentina
Phalcoboenus albogularis	White-throated caracara	southern Chile and Argentina
Phalcoboenus australis	Striated caracara	Tierra del Fuego, but is more abundant in the Falklands

The extinct species is Phalcoboenus napieri which is known from subfossil remains unearthed in peat deposits from the Falkland Islands, described in 2016 and named for Roddy Napier, the owner of West Point Island in the Falklands.^[2]

References

^ "Falconidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ Mark P. Adams; Robin W. Woods (2016). "Mid-Holocene Falkland Islands bird bones from a peat deposit, including a new species of caracara". Emu. doi:10.1071/MU15129.

Jaramillo, Alvaro, Burke, Peter, & Beadle, David (2003). Birds of Chile. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-4688-8.

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[HM4-1] "Falconidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[2] Mark P. Adams; Robin W. Woods (2016). "Mid-Holocene Falkland Islands bird bones from a peat deposit, including a new species of caracara". Emu. doi:10.1071/MU15129.

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