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Cathartes melambrotus

Photo by Arthur Grosset
Photographed: Mato Grosso, Brazil.

[edit] Identification

There can be difficulty in separating Greater Yellow-headed from Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture but, when perched, the wingtips of lessers extend way beyond the tail tip, and in flight have very narrow, long wings with high contrast between coverts and flight feathers. For discussion on separating this species from Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture see reference^[1]

[edit] Distribution

Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, and Bolivia.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Mostly in forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Thread discussing identification of the two Yellow-headed Vultures
2. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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