#Sarcoramphus papa

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: King Vulture

Photo: Mick Thompson

"The King Vulture is a clownish-looking bird with a serious mission: In most of its extensive tropical range, this species is the largest scavenging bird. The King's smaller, more plentiful relations, including Black and Turkey Vultures, depend upon this heavy-billed bird to tear into larger carcasses first. The King only plays second fiddle to the Andean Condor in a few areas, such as northern Peru, where both species live side by side."

- American Bird Conservancy

[internetdruid]

🥚 !!

king vulture!

(Sarcoramphus papa)

[birdblues]

King Vulture

[wingedjewels]

Zopilote Rey (Rey Gallinazo, Rey de Zopilotes) - King Vulture - (Sarcoramphus papa) by Raúl Vega Via Flickr: San Carlos, Costa Rica

[atamagaitai]

king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) by Leandro Moreira A

[kings-of-thieves]

I made some GIFs of king vultures.

[f2u]

[dwmmphotography]

On this Scavenger Sunday, we see an American king vulture flying high over the rain forest near Puerto Maldando in Peru.

[coffeenuts]

[max--phillips]

apparently they have a Mandalorian pinball at Main Street Amusement now

YOOOO THATS SICK unfortunately i SUCK ASS at pinball LMAO but I love the art they made for it that’s awesome :0

[herpsandbirds]

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), family Cathartidae, order Cathartiformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Helmut Guth

[mutant-distraction]

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) in Costa Rica by Helmut Guth.

[birdblues]

King Vulture

[autistrix]

[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68834102]

King Vulture || Sarcoramphus papa

Observed in Brazil

Least Concern in location of observation

[walterjenkel]

©photography by Walter Jenkel 2024 🎩🖤 Cóndor de la selva (Sarcoramphus papa) WALTERJENKEL @WalterJenkel walter_jenkel

Have you noticed that when you don't let yourself be trampled on people start saying that you have a difficult character? 🖤

[officialweezerelections]

BRACKET B

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

They look like they have a singular shriveled testicle on their chests. Nominations that didn’t point that out pointed out that this vulture is colorful as hell and they think that’s weird. They don’t have voice boxes so they wheeze as vocalizations.

VERSUS

Twelve-Wired Bird-Of-Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus)

Why does he look like that.

[davidstanleytravel]

The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a scavenger found in the tropical lowland forests of Central and South America. This one was seen at the Aviario Nacional de Colombia near Cartagena.