Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

Family
Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

Size
74 - 81 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wetmore, 1964

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua (B), Panama (B), Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Poorly known. Amazonia, including southern Venezuela and the Guianas. Knowledge of distribution is likely to be conservative.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus) [XC540005]
by id from Porto Alegre camp -- Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Very similar in appearance, ecology and behaviour to Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) and Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus). Has been regarded as an allospecies of Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus), but the two have widely sympatric ranges.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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