New World Vultures

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus

The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) is a 935 g grassland bird that eats mostly carrion. It stays put all year.

Family

New World Vultures

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

935 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

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

Where to see it: MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico); Pantanal · P. Jofre boat on Rio Cuiabá & tributaries (Brazil); Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize); Mahaica River · Baiabu (Guyana); Route de Guatemala - Ouest du carrefour (French Guiana).