| Caracara major Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes |
| Family: | Falconidae |
| Genus: | Caracara |
| Species: | †C. major |
| Binomial name | |
| †Caracara major Jones et al., 2013 | |
Caracara major is a large and extinct species of bird in the family Falconidae of the Late Pleistocene period. [1] Caracara major is noted for being extremely large in size and was found throughout what is now the nation of Uruguay. [2] Following the discovery of the species Caracara major by Jones et al., 2013., a new fossil taxon in the same genus that was also located in Uruguay was described, said to be larger than Caracara major. [3]