Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes melambrotus - Grand Urubu
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Cathartidés
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Genus:
Cathartes
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Species:
melambrotus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 81 cm
- Wingspan: 166 à 178 cm.
- Weight:
Geographic range
Identification
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus) is a species of bird in the Cathartidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Grand Urubu,
- Aura selvática,
- urubu-da-mata,
- Wald-Gelbkopfgeier,
- nagy sárgafejű keselyű,
- Grote Geelkopgier,
- Avvoltoio testagialla maggiore,
- skogsgam,
- Skogkondor,
- kondor modrotemenný,
- kondor větší,
- Stor Gulhovedet Grib,
- amazoniankondori,
- zopilot de selva,
- sępnik żółtogłowy,
- Большая желтоголовая катарта,
- オオキガシラコンドル,
- 大黄头美洲鹫,
- 大黃頭美洲鷲,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes