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LESSER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE Cathartes burrovianus
Despite having a naked head coloured with yellow, blue and pink, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture still manages to look somewhat ugly! He´s a scavenger, like other vultures his naked head is an adaptation allowing him to stick his face into bloody carcasses. Lesser Yellow-headed inhabits marshy areas, flying low over the ground in the manner of a Harrier Circus sp.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1807PH) Adult, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1808PH) Adult taking flight, near Lolita, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Jerry Cooper October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2901PH) Juvenile, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1809VI) Adult foraging at a poolside with Southern Crested-Caracaras Caracara plancus, Bahía Negra (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE2902VI) Juvenile, Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith August 2011).
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