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- Title
The role of Greater Yellow-headed Vultures Cathartes melambrotus as scavengers in neotropical forest.
- Authors
GOMEZ, LUIS G.; HOUSTON, DAVID C.; COTTON, PETER; TYE, ALAN
- Abstract
The scavenging activities of Greater Yellow-headed Vultures Cathartes melambrotus were studied in the Amacayacu National Park, Colombia. This species is the most abundant vulture in the area and is usually the first species to locate a carcass, both in open clearings and inside the forest. The birds use olfaction to locate food. Vultures located 63% of provided carcasses, while mammalian scavengers found only 5%. Greater Yellow-headed Vultures were displaced when feeding by both Turkey Vultures Cathartes aura and King Vultures Sarcorhamphus papa.
- Publication
Ibis, 1994, Vol 136, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
0019-1019
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1474-919X.1994.tb01084.x