No kings except these gorgeous guys.

#Weretober 2025 - King Vulture

Lots of (free!) fun facts on Patreon today because I love vultures. https://www.patreon.com/posts/141818522

#Weretober2025 #furryArt #bird #vulture #kingVulture #wereVulture

The #Kingvulture #Sarcoramphus papa (#Cathartidae) is distributed from southern Mexico to large parts of #SouthAmerica. The strikingly #colorful species is the only representative of its #genus. It hunts smaller vertebrates and prefers carrion. At #carrion sites they successfully drive away other vultures. Usually only one egg is incubated, which is deposited in a tree holes etc.; no nest is built.
#biodiversity #Aves
© #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Photos Zoo Berl. 2020, new edit 2024© S. F. Wirth

Day 5 of Birdtober: King Vulture

#birdtober #birdtober2023 #kingvulture #vulture

Are you lookin' at me???

#KingVulture #IguazuFalls #ParqueDasAves #BirdsOfMastodon