| Bahaman Caracara | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Extinct
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyborinae |
| Genus: | Caracara |
| Species: | C. creightoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Caracara creightoni |
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The Bahaman Caracara (Caracara creightoni) is an extinct bird of prey. It is known only from a few fossils discovered in the Bahamas and Cuba.[1]
C. creightoni stood 23 inches tall.[1] It was short-winged and likely a poor flier.[1]