New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) - HBW 2, p. 39
French: Urubu à tête jaune
German: Kleiner Gelbkopfgeier
Spanish: Aura Sabanera
Taxonomy: Cathartes burrovianus Cassin, 1845, near Veracruz City, Mexico.
Taxonomic status of all three Cathartes species rather uncertain. Present species has been placed in superspecies with C. melambrotus, but the two are widely sympatric. Formerly called C. urubitinga or C. urubutinga. Two subspecies sometimes recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- burrovianus Cassin, 1845 - Central America S to C Colombia and NW Venezuela.
- urubitinga Pelzeln, 1861 - lowland South America.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp urubitinga)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
Two individuals in a tree, and a close view of one of them Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp urubitinga)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
Different views of a bird on a wood pole Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp urubitinga)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A bird perched and preening briefly Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp urubitinga)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 4 years ago 46 sec 4.4 -
A perched bird on a fence, stretching and then flying away. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (ssp urubitinga)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 16 July 2011 9 weeks ago 16 sec 4 -
A bird soaring in a thermal. Locality Zanderij International Airport, Para District, Suriname (ssp urubitinga)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 16 July 2011 9 weeks ago 30 sec 3.3
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Juvenal plumage vulture, in the flooded forest along the Rio Negro
Locality Ariau Resort, Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Dave Rintoul 26 May 2011 28 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird perching on the branch
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 11 August 2010 12 weeks ago 4 -
Adult perched on the trunk of a tree.
Locality Embiara Lodge, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp urubitinga)
Carmelo López 14 November 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
on a choped tree
Locality Iquitos, Loreto Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 25 January 2010 11 weeks ago 3.8 -
In a tree
Locality La Aurora Reserve, Paz de Ariporo, Casanare Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 30 December 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
An adult
Locality Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
raniero massoli-novelli 1 June 2004 1 year ago 3.6
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