Milvago chimachima Viellot 1816 (yellow-headed caracara)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Polyborus chimachima

Synonym: Milvago readei Brodkorb 1959

Belongs to Milvago according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Emslie 1998

Sister taxon: Milvago brodkorbi

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cutler Hammock (Quaternary of Florida)

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