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 black vulture black vulture, Coragyps atratus

Andean condor Andean condor head shot Andean condor, Vultur gryphus

vulture Greater yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes melambrotus

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