The King Vulture
is the largest of the New World vultures. A majestic king vultures bird
adult plumage is mainly white, with a touch of pink and yellow for him.
By contrast, wing coverts, flight feathers and tail are dark gray to
black, and the first floor of the flange thickness. The head and neck
are free of feathers, skin tones of red and purple on the head, neck and
throat bright yellow orange. King Vulture has the largest skull and skull into account and New World vultures.
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The bird
has broad wings and short tail, broad and square. Unlike some missing
eyelashes king vulture. The vulture is little sexual dimorphism, with no
differences in plumage and a little in size between males and females.
The young vulture beak and dark eyes and a soft, gray neck, orange
before becoming an adult. Young vultures are a slate gray complex,
although similar in appearance to adults.
The last stages immature black feathers on the wings scattered white blankets otherwise their children. The head and neck are vulture feathers as an adaptation for hygiene, good black hair on the sides of the head, this lack of feathers prevents bacteria feed the springs of the channel and causes skin damage from sterilizing effects of Sun Dark plumage immature birds may be confused with C. aura, but flies with wings of feathers smooth, pale, while adults are quite realistic confused with the stork, but outside of its long neck and legs allow easy recognition
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King Vulture live about 14 million km2 (5.4 million MI2) between southern Mexico and northern Argentina. In South America, living in the western Andes, except in the western part of Ecuador, Colombia to the northwest and northwest Venezuela. Lives mostly intact lowland tropical forests and savannas and grasslands with these forests nearby.
This bird
is often the most numerous vulture or primary lowland forests in its
range, but the Amazon is the great Head of Eagle outnumbered usually yellow, while usually outnumbered by the Lesser Yellow header, Turkey Vulture
and open environments. King Vulture effortless flight hours, and often
exceeds their wings. During the flight, the wings are flat with slightly
raised tips by far the vulture flight may appear headless.