Caracara lutosa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	FALCONIFORMES	FALCONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Caracara lutosa

Species Authority:

Ridgway, 1876

Common Name/s:

English	–	Guadalupe Caracara
Spanish	–	Carancho de Guadalupe

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Caracara lutosus was endemic to Isla Guadalupe, Mexico¹. It is now extinct and was last recorded in 1900¹.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is likely to have occurred throughout the island in open habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The island was once heavily vegetated, but grazing by goats has almost entirely denuded it². However, the primary cause of the species's decline was direct persecution by settlers¹.

Major Threat(s):

The island was once heavily vegetated, but grazing by goats has almost entirely denuded it². However, the primary cause of the species's decline was direct persecution by settlers¹.

Bibliography [top]

	Dove, C. J.; Banks, R. C. 1999. A taxonomic study of Crested Caracaras (Falconidae). Wilson Bulletin 111: 330-339. Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Dove, C. J.; Banks, R. C. 1999. A taxonomic study of Crested Caracaras (Falconidae). Wilson Bulletin 111: 330-339.

Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Caracara lutosa. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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