Greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

질의: forest vulture

결과: 10^번째/23

제목:	Greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
올린이:	Shahril (different_world_06@hotmail.com)

해상도: 676x450 파일크기: 55984 Bytes 촬영일: 2019:12:21 20:00:29 등록시간: 2019:12:21 22:38:15

Greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

Due to confusion with the smaller lesser yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes burrovianus), the greater yellow-headed vulture was not described as a species until 1964; the two yellow-headed vultures differ in size, and in subtle differences in the colouration of the head and in the colour pattern on the underside of the wing. The greater yellow-headed vulture is ecologically separated from the other members of the genus, occurring exclusively over large tracts of undisturbed lowland forest in Amazonia and the Guianas. With its highly developed sense of smell, it soars over forests in search of recently deceased forest mammals such as primates, sloths and opossums. In some areas where it occurs with and competes with the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), the greater yellow-headed vulture is dominant. Perhaps due to its preference for undisturbed lowland rainforest and the general inaccessibility of this habitat, no nest site has been described for this species.

forest vulture
10/23

^o^ 동물그림창고 똑똑전화 누리집 ^o^