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There can be difficulty in separating Greater Yellow-headed from Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture but, when perched, the wingtips of lessers extend way beyond the tail tip, and in flight have very narrow, long wings with high contrast between coverts and flight feathers. | There can be difficulty in separating Greater Yellow-headed from Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture but, when perched, the wingtips of lessers extend way beyond the tail tip, and in flight have very narrow, long wings with high contrast between coverts and flight feathers. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&si=Cathartes%20melambrotus&what=allfields&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of Greater Yellow-headed Vulture in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&si=Cathartes%20melambrotus&what=allfields&name=&when=&whenterm= View more images of Greater Yellow-headed Vulture in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
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- Cathartes melambrotus
Identification
There can be difficulty in separating Greater Yellow-headed from Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture but, when perched, the wingtips of lessers extend way beyond the tail tip, and in flight have very narrow, long wings with high contrast between coverts and flight feathers.
