Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus

Grand Urubu

Greater Yellow-headed Vultureadult, Flight
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  • Flight
  • adult
  • Aura selvática
  • urubu-da-mata
  • Wald-Gelbkopfgeier
  • Cathartes melambrotus
  • Accipitriformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Accipitriformes
Family : Cathartidae
Species : Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : dibu131338
Author :
Vision d'oiseaux
Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2011 Aug
Country : Ecuador (ec)
Region : Sucumbíos
Place : Cuyabeno Cuyabeno
Lat. : 0° 16' 42'' South
Lng. : 75° 52' 17'' West

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon EOS 7D
Exposure : 1/1250 s

aperture : 10

Focal length : 420 mm

Iso : 400

Flash : no