king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Query: new world vulture

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Subject:	king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
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Artist
Creator:Jn. Lebrecht Reinold
Creator:Clde. Fessard
Description
Sarcoramphus papa
Date 1796-1808
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, I pl. 13
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcoramphus_papa_-_1796-1808_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100117.tif

The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

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