Identification of bird in Ecuador - flying upside down? (1 Viewer)

[pringle]

Hello, I photographed this bird in Ecuador (roughly 1500m above sea level) from quite a distance, which is why the photo I'm posting isn't great.

I've searched through detail of Ecuadorian birds and I cannot work out what this is at all. Without the long neck it could be an Andean Condor, however the neck stumping me.

It also looks to be flying upside down!

Can anyone shed any light on what it might be?

Thanks very much!

 

[graeme782]

Possibly a Turkey Vulture. And if you think it's flying upside down, a trip to Specsaver is maybe in order.

 

[stonechat1]

Turkey Vulutre it is. No doubt, note the typical underwing pattern.

 

[Frozen-in-MN]

Possibly a Turkey Vulture. And if you think it's flying upside down, a trip to Specsaver is maybe in order.

I can sympathize with the poster a bit. If you mistake the light colored far left wing as the birds head, it actually looks like a really long neck looking upwards.
Once you see it that way, it's kinda hard to undo.

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I can sympathize with the poster a bit. If you mistake the light colored far left wing as the birds head, it actually looks like a really long neck looking upwards.
Once you see it that way, it's kinda hard to undo.

Totally! A bit like some of those"2-way" images by Dali.

 

[pringle]

Great, thanks for the responses. Yes someone else just looked at it and pointed out the reflection on the wing, indeed like the 2-way images and I can now see it looks much more like a vulture! Thanks everyone!

 

[dantheman]

Anhinga/Stork/Flamingo hybrid ... along the same lines as this one -

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=231549


Welcome to bf by the way ...

 

[birdboybowley]

Nah not as completely bizarre as that one.....

 

[tarzzz]

Nice pic. Holds an optic illusion. Turkey Vulutre it is, and the upturned neck is the left wing.

//Ben