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AI reconstruction of Puerto Rican Caracara (Caracara latebrosus)AI

AI reconstruction created with Nano Banana 2 · 1K, grounded in the profile’s documented taxonomy, habitat, natural-history sources, and an open-license visual reference when available. It is an interpretive image, not documentary evidence. Image policy →

PRB-0398Falconiformes

Puerto Rican Caracara

Caracara de Puerto Rico

Caracara latebrosus

ExtinctIUCN NE · Not assessed or unresolved

Puerto Rican Caracara is part of Puerto Rico’s documented avifauna. This profile connects its island occurrence with taxonomy, habitat, life history, and conservation evidence.

FamilyFalconidaeFalcons and Caracaras
Puerto Rico occurrenceExtinctPrehistoric / subfossil supplement
Primary habitatInferred open and terrestrial island habitatsInferred open and terrestrial island habitats
Primary dietNot resolved
Average massNot resolvedGlobal trait estimate
MovementNot resolved

Island profile

Catalog scopePrehistoric / subfossil supplement

About the Puerto Rican Caracara

Puerto Rican Caracara is part of Puerto Rico’s documented avifauna. This profile connects its island occurrence with taxonomy, habitat, life history, and conservation evidence.

Conservation

Not assessed or unresolved

Global and Puerto Rico-specific conservation references are kept separate in this compilation.

Global IUCN
NE
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
Inferred open and terrestrial island habitats
Elevation
Not resolved
Nest
Not resolved
Clutch
Not resolved
Social behavior
Not resolved

Keep exploring

This bird belongs to 7 paths through the atlas.

The complete catalogAll Birds of Puerto Rico402 birds →Extinction archiveLost Endemic Birds8 birds →Found nowhere elsePuerto Rico's Endemic Birds27 birds →ConservationNot assessed or unresolved Birds15 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoExtinct & Prehistoric Birds9 birds →Occurrence in Puerto RicoHistorical Birds14 birds →Bird familyFalcons and Caracaras (Falconidae)5 birds →

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Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading

Media source · commons.wikimedia.org↗Source record 1↗Source record 2↗Source record 3↗

Research note: Subfossil/fossil species; original combination Polyborus latebrosus. Some authors question separation from other fossil Caracara taxa.