Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus - Urubu à tête jaune

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Cathartidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cathartes

  • Species
    :

    burrovianus

Descriptor

Cassin, 1845

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 66 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 150 à 165 cm.
  • Weight
    : 900 à 1600 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Urubu à tête jaune
adult
Urubu à tête jaune
adult

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) is a species of bird in the Cathartidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Cathartes burrovianus burrovianus (se Mexico to c Colombia and nw Venezuela)
  • Cathartes burrovianus urubutinga (se Colombia to the Guianas south to ne Argentina and Uruguay)

Foreign names

  • Urubu à tête jaune,
  • Aura sabanera,
  • urubu-de-cabeça-amarela,
  • Savannen-Gelbkopfgeier,
  • kis sárgafejű keselyű,
  • Kleine Geelkopgier,
  • Avvoltoio testagialla minore,
  • savanngam,
  • Myrkondor,
  • kondor modrohlavý,
  • kondor menší,
  • Gulhovedet Grib,
  • pikkukondori,
  • zopilot de sabana,
  • sępnik pstrogłowy,
  • Малая желтоголовая катарта,
  • キガシラコンドル,
  • 小黄头美洲鹫,
  • 小黃頭美洲鷲,

Voice song and cries

Urubu à tête jaune
adult

Habitat

Urubu à tête jaune
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 31-05-2006
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