greater yellow-headed vulture, forest vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

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Subject:	greater yellow-headed vulture, forest vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
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Resolution: 2068x1377 File Size: 1665696 Bytes Date: 2013:09:30 16:43:13 Camera: WK1 (Maginon ) F number: f/2.8 Exposure: 1/20 sec Focal Length: 647/100 Upload Date: 2017:03:10 21:30:01

greater yellow-headed vulture, forest vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

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Deutsch: Großer Gelbkopfgeier (Cathartes melambrotus)
Date 30 September 2013, 16:43:13
Author Dirk Meyer
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greater_yellow-headed_Vulture_(Cathartes_melambrotus).JPG

The greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus), also known as the forest vulture, is a species of bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the lesser yellow-headed vulture until they were split in 1964. It is found in South America in tropical moist lowland forests. The greater yellow-headed vulture feeds on carrion and locates carcasses by sight and by smell, an ability which is rare in birds.
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Cathartes
Species: Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964

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Scientific Name: Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964 Common Names: Greater Yellow-headed Vulture French: Grand Urubu German: Großer Gelbkopfgeier Spanish: Aura selvática Taxonomy: Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964, Kartabo, Guyana.

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