Yellow-headed Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara / Milvago chimachima

Yellow-headed Caracara

Here the details of the Yellow-headed Caracara named bird below:

SCI Name:  Milvago chimachima
Protonym:  Polyborus chimachima Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 5 p.259
Taxonomy:  Falconiformes / Falconidae /
Taxonomy Code:  yehcar1
Type Locality:  Paraguay.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1816
IUCN Status:  

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).