New World Vultures

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

The King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a 3.4 kg forest bird that eats mostly carrion. It stays put all year.

Family

New World Vultures

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

3.4 kg

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Brazil, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Guyana, Honduras, Bolivia, Suriname, Paraguay, Nicaragua, GF, El Salvador.

Where to see it: Brownsberg Nature Park · accommodations and nearby trails (Suriname); Cattle Landing · waterfront (Belize); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); Brownsberg Nature Park (please use more precise location) (Suriname); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname).

Photo: Renato Augusto Martins, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons