Ecuador Photo Gallery: vultures

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

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Andean condor, Vultur gryphus

Andean condor Andean condor head shot

Greater yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes melambrotus

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Last modified 29 December 2019