What is Caracara (subfamily)?
{{Taxobox | name = Polyborinae Caracarinae | image = mountain_caracara.jpg | image_caption = [[Mountain caracara]]<br/>''Phalcoboenus megalopterus'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Falconiformes]] | familia = [[Falconidae]] | subfamilia = '''Polyborinae''' or '''Caracarinae''' | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''[[Daptrius]]'' * ''[[Ibycter]]'' * ''[[Phalcoboenus]]'' * ''[[Caracara (genus)|Caracara]]'' * ''[[Milvago]]'' }} '''Caracara''' are [[birds of prey]] in the family [[Falconidae]]. They live in [[South America|South]] and [[Central America]], and the southern [[USA]]. Mostly they are not fast fliers, and are [[scavenger]]s. One [[species]], the red-throated caracara, eats insects and the [[larvae]] of [[bees]] and [[wasps]]. Their classification is somewhat unclear, but some sources say there are five living [[genera]] and 11 species.<ref>[http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3 AOU Check-list of North American Birds.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428092938/http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3 |date=2007-04-28 }} 7th edition w. supplements. Accessed 2008-04-26</ref><ref>[http://www.aba.org/checklist/abachecklist.pdf ABA Check-list (PDF).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014001752/http://www.aba.org/checklist/abachecklist.pdf |date=2014-10-14 }} Version 6.8. Accessed 2008-04-26</ref><ref>Clements, J. F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World. 6th edition. Christopher Helm. {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8695-1}}</ref> They were all originally put within the genus ''Polyborus''. Extinct species have been found in the [[La Brea tar pits]]. * Genus ''Daptrius''''' * Genus ''Ibycter''''' * Genus ''Phalcoboenus''''' * Genus ''Caracara'' * Genus ''Milvago'' == References == {{reflist}} {{taxonbar|from=Q858356}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Falconiformes]]