Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Text last updated November 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Bulgarian | Голям жълтоглав лешояд |
Catalan | zopilot selvàtic |
Czech | kondor větší |
Dutch | Grote Geelkopgier |
English | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture |
English (United States) | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture |
Finnish | amazoniankondori |
French | Grand Urubu |
French (France) | Grand Urubu |
German | Wald-Gelbkopfgeier |
Japanese | オオキガシラコンドル |
Norwegian | skogkondor |
Polish | sępnik żółtogłowy |
Portuguese (Brazil) | urubu-da-mata |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Urubu-da-mata |
Russian | Большая желтоголовая катарта |
Serbian | Veliki žutoglavi lešinar |
Slovak | kondor modrotemenný |
Spanish | Aura Selvática |
Spanish (Argentina) | Jote Cabeza Amarilla Grande |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Gallinazo Cabeciamarillo Mayor |
Spanish (Peru) | Gallinazo de Cabeza Amarilla Mayor |
Spanish (Spain) | Aura selvática |
Spanish (Venezuela) | Oripopo Cabeza Amarilla Mayor |
Swedish | skogsgam |
Turkish | Büyük Sarı Başlı Akbaba |
Ukrainian | Катарта лісова |
Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964
Definitions
- CATHARTES
- melambrotus
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Introduction
Due to confusion with the smaller Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus), Greater Yellow-headed Vulture was not described as a species until 1964; the two yellow-headed vultures differ in size, and in subtle differences in the coloration of the head and in the color pattern on the underside of the wing. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture is ecologically separated from the other members of the genus, occurring exclusively over large tracts of undisturbed lowland forest in Amazonia and the Guianas. With its highly developed sense of smell, it soars over forests in search of recently deceased forest mammals such as primates, sloths and opossums. In some areas where it occurs with and competes with Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Greater Yellow-headed Vulture is dominant. Perhaps due to its preference for undisturbed lowland rainforest and the general inaccessibility of this habitat, no nest site has been described for this species.