| Scientific Name | TSN | Taxon Author | Common Name | Name Source | Usage | Reason (ITIS) | Taxon Rank |
|---|
| Caracara cheriway | 175595 | (Jacquin, 1784) | Crested Caracara Northern Crested Caracara | ITIS | valid | | Species |
| Caracara cheriway audubonii | 175596 | (Cassin, 1865) | | ITIS | invalid | junior synonym of Caracara cheriway | Subspecies |
| Caracara lutosa | 175597 | (Ridgway, 1876) | Guadalupe Caracara | ITIS | valid | | Species |
| Caracara plancus | 554146 | (J. F. Miller, 1777) | Southern Caracara Caracara quebrantahuesos Southern Crested Caracara | ITIS | valid | | Species |
| Polyborus audubonii | 668601 | Cassin, 1865 | | ITIS | invalid | junior synonym of Caracara cheriway | Species |
| Polyborus plancus | 175689 | (J. F. Miller, 1777) | Crested Caracara | ITIS | invalid | subsequent name/combination of Caracara plancus | Species |
| Polyborus plancus audubonii | 202244 | Cassin, 1865 | Audubon's Crested Caracara | ITIS | invalid | junior synonym of Caracara cheriway | Subspecies |
| Polyborus plancus plancus | 202243 | (J. F. Miller, 1777) | | ITIS | invalid | subsequent name/combination of Caracara plancus | Subspecies |
