Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Red-headed Vulture

Sarcogyps calvus

The Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is a 4.5 kg town and farmland bird that eats mostly carrion. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

4.5 kg

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist