Yellow-headed Caracara / Milvago chimachima
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Yellow-headed Caracara
SCI Name:
Protonym: Polyborus chimachima Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 5 p.259
Taxonomy: Falconiformes / Falconidae / Milvago
Taxonomy Code: yehcar1
Type Locality: Paraguay.
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1816
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
MILVAGO
(Falconidae; Ϯ Yellow-headed Caracara M. chimachima) L. milvago kite < milvus kite; -ago -resembling; "GENUS VIII. MILVAGO. Habitu Milvi; rostro Gymnopi simillimo, breviore, acuto, minus adunco et circa oculos multo minus nudo; alis longioribus, caudam breviorem aequantibus; naribus rotundis; gula non nuda. SPECIES 1. MILVAGO OCHROCEPHALUS." (von Spix 1824); "Milvago Spix, Av. Bras., 1, 1824, p. 12. Type, by monotypy, Milvago ochrocephalus Spix = Polyborus chimachima Vieillot." (Peters 1931, 1, 279).
Var. Milwago.
Synon. Parasifalco.
chimachima
Local Argentinian onomatopoeia Chimachima for a caracara; ex “Chimachima” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 6 (Milvago).
SUBSPECIES
Yellow-headed Caracara (cordata)
SCI Name: Milvago chimachima cordata
cordata / cordatus
L. cordatus wise, sagacious (e.g. grey-haired) < cor, cordis heart (cf. Med. L. cordatus corded, roped up; Mod. L. cordatus heart-shaped).
Yellow-headed Caracara (chimachima)
SCI Name: Milvago chimachima chimachima
chimachima
Local Argentinian onomatopoeia Chimachima for a caracara; ex “Chimachima” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 6 (Milvago).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
