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The Bahaman caracara (Caracara creightoni), also known as Creighton's caracara, is an extinct bird of prey. It is known only from a few fossils discovered in the Bahamas and Cuba. Caracara creightoni was a scavenger and opportunistic species instead of a predator like its sister extant species (C. plancus). It lived during the late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene era.

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  • Bahaman caracara (en)
  • Västindisk karakara (sv)
  • Caracara creightoni (uk)
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  • The Bahaman caracara (Caracara creightoni), also known as Creighton's caracara, is an extinct bird of prey. It is known only from a few fossils discovered in the Bahamas and Cuba. Caracara creightoni was a scavenger and opportunistic species instead of a predator like its sister extant species (C. plancus). It lived during the late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene era. (en)
  • Västindisk karakara (Caracara creightoni) är en förhistorisk utdöd fågel i familjen falkar inom ordningen falkfåglar. Den är endast känd från några få subfossila lämningar funna i Bahamas och på Kuba. Den var mindre än både nordlig och sydlig tofskarakara, med kraftigare näbb och ben. Den var också kortvingad och därför troligen relativt dålig på att flyga. (sv)
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  • Bahaman caracara (en)
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  • Brodkorb, 1959 (en)
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  • Caracara (en)
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  • creightoni (en)
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  • EX (en)
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  • *Polyborus creightoni (en)
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  • The Bahaman caracara (Caracara creightoni), also known as Creighton's caracara, is an extinct bird of prey. It is known only from a few fossils discovered in the Bahamas and Cuba. Caracara creightoni was a scavenger and opportunistic species instead of a predator like its sister extant species (C. plancus). It lived during the late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene era. C. creightoni stood 58 cm tall, was short-winged and likely a poor flier. This species went extinct as a result of humans arriving on its home islands and wiping out the bird's prey species. A 2,500 year old C. creightoni femur from an Abaco Islands blue hole yielded a nearly complete mitochondrial genome. The DNA shows that the species was closely related to the crested caracara. The two species last shared a common ancestor between 1.2 and 0.4 million years ago, during the Pleistocene. (en)
  • Västindisk karakara (Caracara creightoni) är en förhistorisk utdöd fågel i familjen falkar inom ordningen falkfåglar. Den är endast känd från några få subfossila lämningar funna i Bahamas och på Kuba. Den var mindre än både nordlig och sydlig tofskarakara, med kraftigare näbb och ben. Den var också kortvingad och därför troligen relativt dålig på att flyga. Karakaror är generellt opportunistiska marklevande asätare som förekommer i öppet landskap. Det ger en indikation om hur miljön såg ut på Bahamas när den levde. Fågeln kan ha överlevt in i holocen och kan därför ha påverkats av förändringar orsakade av människan. (sv)
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