Birds of Nicaragua BETA

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)  
Genus: Sarcoramphus (1 species, 1 worldwide)


King Vulture
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Brazil
  The largest of the American vultures (not including the condors).
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

King Vulture
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Immature
La Laguna del Lagarto, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.



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