Crested Caracara

Summary

Crested Caracara is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #1,113 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Crested Caracara's image is recorded as Schopfkarakara.jpg^[3].
• Crested Caracara's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Crested Caracara's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Crested Caracara's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern^[6].
• Crested Caracara's parent taxon is recorded as Caracara^[7].
• Crested Caracara's taxon range map image is recorded as Caracara map.png^[8].
• Crested Caracara's taxon name is recorded as Caracara plancus^[9].
• Crested Caracara's Commons category is recorded as Caracara plancus^[10].
• Crested Caracara's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22729784^[11].
• Crested Caracara's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03gqbxv^[12].
• Crested Caracara's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8951^[13].
• Crested Caracara's ITIS TSN is recorded as 554146^[14].
• Crested Caracara's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512590^[15].
• Crested Caracara's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 289546^[16].
• Crested Caracara's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2480989^[17].
• Crested Caracara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caracara plancus^[18].
• Crested Caracara's Commons gallery is recorded as Caracara plancus^[19].
• Crested Caracara's described by source is recorded as Icones Animalium et Plantarum^[20].
• Crested Caracara's original combination is recorded as Accipiter plancus^[21].
• Crested Caracara's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/common-caracara^[22].
• Crested Caracara's taxon synonym is recorded as Polyborus plancus^[23].
• Crested Caracara's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. plancus'}^[24].
• Crested Caracara's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Crested Caracara'}^[25].
• Crested Caracara's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Carancho meridional'}^[26].
• Crested Caracara's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schopfkarakara'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Crested Caracara ranks in the top 0.57% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #1,113 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]