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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission
KING VULTURE Sarcoramphus papa
If the word handsome can ever be applied to a vulture, then I suppose the King Vulture is the best candidate. A magestic black-and-white bird, its head adorned by grotesque multi-coloured wattles, it is the least often encountered of the regularly-occurring Paraguayan species. Unlike other vultures it leads a solitary lifestyle, and only one individual is ever present at a carcass, easily dominating the other scavengers which scatter in its wake.
FIGURE 1 - Adult, Estancia Señorita, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - Adult soaring, location unknown (Alberto Esquivel undated).
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