We visited Ecuador in November, 2019.
New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but resemble them. Scavengers, they have a good sense of smell to locate carrion. There are six species.
black vulture, Coragyps atratus
Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
Greater yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes melambrotus
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