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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vulture
		Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals.
		New World vultures and condors are not at all closely related to the superficially similar Accipitridae, but belong in the family Cathartidae, which is quite close to the storks.
		The vulture was thought to be close to the gods who resided in the sky because of its immense size and its ability to soar high up in the sky.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vulture (2082 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		King card, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit.
		King Cole, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century.
		King vulture (Zool.), a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=Asphodelus%20albus (886 words)

	* King vulture- (Animals): Definition
		King vultures frequently perch and are then inconspicuous, but at other times groups may gather to feed on a carcass and soar together over the trees.
		The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a striking example, with a head and neck boldly patterned in yellow, orange,...
		In the adult turkey vulture, or turkey buzzard, Cathartes aura (wingspread 6 ft/1.9 m), the head is red; in the smaller fl vulture it is fl; and in the tropical king vulture (with cream and fl plumage) it is orange, crimson, and purple,...
	en.mimi.hu /animals/king_vulture.html (189 words)

	King Vulture - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The King Vulture or American King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, is the most strikingly colored of the New World vultures.
		The King Vulture is native to tropical lowland forests; its range extends from southern Mexico to southern Argentina, and it can be found at heights up to up to 1200 m.
		The King Vulture has a yellow fleshy crest (wattle) on its bill, and the bare skin of its head is yellow and red.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/King_Vulture (246 words)

	vulture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American vultures and condors are of a different family (Cathartidae) with distant links to storks and cormorants.
		In the adult turkey vulture, or turkey buzzard, Cathartes aura (wingspread 6 ft/1.9 m), the head is red; in the smaller fl vulture it is fl; and in the tropical king vulture (with cream and fl plumage) it is orange, crimson, and purple, with a neck ruff of gray down.
		Vultures have keen sight and are effortless soarers, skillful at riding the thermal updrafts of their mountain habitats.
	www.bartleby.com /65/vu/vulture.html (293 words)

	King
		The King Vulture measures 32 inches, with a wingspan of 4 to 5 feet.
		King vulture chicks are fl when they hatch, and retain this plumage for almost three years before they are completely covered with their pure white adult feathers, though they leave their nest area at about one year of age.
		The habitat of the king vulture is decreasing rapidly, and the vulture has become imperiled due to increases in development all over its natural range.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /King.html (333 words)

	King Vulture
		Vultures serve a useful purpose in disposing of dead and decaying animal remains, as well as in cleaning up in areas of poor or non-existent sanitation.
		King Vultures are birds of tropical lowland forests from Central America south as far as southern Brazil.
		King vultures do not build nests; the female simply deposits her single egg in the hollow of a rotten tree trunk or in a crack caused by age or lightning.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /king_vulture.htm (413 words)

	ADW: Sarcoramphus papa: Information
		King vultures are found in the southern part of Mexico and throughout Central and South America to northern Argentina.
		King vultures, as well as all vultures in the family Cathartidae, lack a voice box (a syrinx and the muscles that make it work).
		King vultures are rarely seen in large numbers and several have been sited in a areas where they were previously thought not to exist.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Sarcoramphus_papa.html (1438 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - King Vulture
		There are several theories as to why the king vulture was given its name; one theory suggests it comes from a Mayan legend (dating back to ~450 A.D.) that believed the vulture to be a messenger between humans and the gods and the vulture was personified as a lord or king.
		How king vultures find their food is a topic scientists do not agree on: some say they have excellent eyesight and can see the meal, others say it is their sense of smell that locates the meat, still others say neither - the vultures merely follow other scavenging birds to the food.
		The role of the king vulture in its environment is that of a scavenger.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/falconiformes/king-vulture.htm (326 words)

	King Vulture \| Animal Facts \| Fresno Chaffee Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The king vulture is often the only one large and powerful enough to rip open the tough hide of the carcass, allowing entry to the "good stuff" inside.
		Black vultures gorge on chunks of muscle and viscera while turkeys and yellow-heads are slower and more deliberate, taking the last scrap of muscle, tendon, and fascia off of the bones.
		King Vultures are known to nest on or near the ground, in stumps or down logs, using existing substrate with little or no nest arrangement.
	www.fresnochaffeezoo.com /animals/kingVulture.html (473 words)

	The India Vulture - dying species
		Whenever there are occurrences of cattle epidemics causing large-scale deaths or during natural calamities like floods and droughts, nature assigns the vulture with the job of cleansing the earth of putrid carcasses thus speedily preventing deadly germs from spreading.
		Scientists feel the quantities of pesticides found in carcass may or may not be the cause of the death of cattle but once they are consumed by the comparatively small-framed vultures, they lead to disorders in their reproductive organs, even causing thinning of their egg shells which further results in high mortality rates.
		It's popultion is dwindling sharply in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar pradesh.
	www.the-south-asian.com /Feb2004/india_vulture__dying_species.htm (1104 words)

	The Belize Zoo - King Vulture
		The King Vulture, known as "king jan kro" in Belize, is the largest and most colorful of the four species of vulture in Belize.
		The King Vulture inhabit the forested lowlands of Belize.
		Little is known of the King Vulture nesting habits.
	www.belizezoo.org /zoo/zoo/birds/vul/vul1.html (153 words)

	Vulture Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals.
		New World vultures and condors are not at all closely related to the superficially similar Accipitridae, but belong in the family Cathartidae, which is quite close to storks.
		The Egyptians considered the vulture to be an excellent mother, and its wide wingspan was seen as all-encompassing and providing a protective cover to its infants.
	www.westerntoday.com /wildlife/vulture.php (402 words)

	King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
		King vultures inhabit tropical lowland forests and nest near to the ground in stumps or downed logs.
		King vulture chicks are brown, not developing the white body and fl tail feathers until a year old.
		King Vultures are known to live in the World Land Trust project area in Belize.
	www.worldlandtrust.org /animals/king-vulture.htm (262 words)

	Vulture Gods
		The Vulture King was the most beautiful of all birds, as his feathers were white and he had a shining, silver and golden plumage cascading over his head and shoulders.
		In Graeco-Roman myth the vulture is associated with Pallas, Ares/Mars and Apollo and is the mount of Kronos/Saturn.
		In West Africa the vulture Fene-Ma-So is the Bird of the Sky, the King of the Birds.
	echoes.devin.com /watchers/vulture-gods.html (1625 words)

	King Vulture -- Pictures, Animal Facts, Habitats, Video, Sound, Wallpaper -- National Geographic
		King vultures have a very colorful look that distinguishes them from their vulture relatives.
		King vultures are found from Mexico south to Argentina.
		Some suggest that the bird's name stems from an old Mayan legend in which this vulture was a "king" or "lord" that carried messages between humans and the Gods.
	channel.nationalgeographic.com /animals/birds/king-vulture.html (425 words)

	BELIZEmagazine.com - The Internet Magazine of Belize
		When I first encountered the King Vulture, it was just a little after eight in the morning as I was bouncing along the long stretch of dirt road just past the crossroads referred to by most locals in the Toledo District of southern Belize as “the dump”.
		At average weight of 3.8 kilograms and standing tall at around 85 centimeters, the carnivorous King Vultures do no kill their prey, they eat carrion or animals that are already dead.
		This is ecologically important in that the King Vultures dispose of rotting and decaying carcasses that in turn protects against the spread of disease.
	www.belizemagazine.com /edition10/english/e10_23birding.htm (356 words)

	King Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The King Vulture or American King Vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, is the most strikingly colored of the New World vultures.
		In terms of behavior, King Vultures are typical vultures.
		King Vulture buries its beak in the sand and pivots around it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Vulture (684 words)

	King Vulture
		The King vulture is a very large bird, with a length up to 32 inches and a wingspan up to 4 feet.
		The King vulture is much larger and more powerful than other vultures so they usually "have their way" when they arrive on the scene.
		Vultures serve a useful purpose of removing dead animal remains from the earth.
	www.heathwood.org /SIMPSON/quicklinks/ls/animalsoftherainforest/kingvulture.htm (238 words)

	Straight Dope Staff Report: Why do vultures circle dead stuff?
		When vultures showed no sign of being attracted, the researchers concluded that the birds were unable to detect the smell.
		Vultures rarely found the baits on the first day, evidently because they were still too fresh to give off much odor, but located almost all of them by the second day, after they had started to reek a little.
		The king, unlike its funereal cousins, has white body plumage, fl wings and tail, and a gaudy red, yellow, blue, and purple head ornamented with bizarre wattles and carbuncles.
	www.straightdope.com /mailbag/mvulture.html (883 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		Although King Vultures are not yet listed as endangered or threatened, there has been a substantial decrease in wild populations largely due to habitat destruction.
		As this is difficult to spot in dense bush the King Vulture relies heavily on its sense of smell to find food.
		King Vultures become sensitive when nesting and any upset may cause the birds to kill the hatchling.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/king.html (561 words)

	Refining our vulture culture
		The highest-flying bird on record is a species of vulture called the Rüppell's Griffon, once spotted at an altitude of 11,700 metres in the skies of West Africa during the 1960s.
		The king vulture, of which the Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus is the dominant southern African representative, is a massive beast with a very powerful beak that aids the bird in opening up the carcasses of fallen animals.
		Vultures arrive from far and wide to compete for a carcass, and this usually goes hand in hand with serious disputes about the spoils.
	www.scienceinafrica.co.za /2004/april/vulture.htm (1588 words)

	Turkey Vulture Facts
		Turkey vultures were given their name because their featherless red head gives them the appearance of a turkey.
		Its purpose is to promote scientific studies of the life habits and needs of the Turkey Vulture, to protect the vulture and its habitat, and to inform the public of the valuable and essential services this bird provides to mankind and to the environment.
		King Vulture; and the Greater and Lesser Yellow-Headed Vultures.
	vulturesociety.homestead.com /TVFacts.html (2833 words)

	KING VULTURE
		Vultures can be found in all areas of the world and are some of the best scavengers in the animal kingdom.
		Vultures are not considered predators, because they don't hunt for their food, but rely on natural causes of death to provide them with a meal.
		The King Vulture's extremely thick and strong bill is well adapted for tearing, and the long, thick claws for holding the meat.
	www.wildernessclassroom.com /www/schoolhouse/rainforest_library/animal_library/king_vulture.htm (264 words)

	king from Online Medical Dictionary
		King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote preeminence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture.
		King auk, a large species of vulture (Sarcorhamphus papa), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general colour is white.
		The wings and tail are fl, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly coloured with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue.
	cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk /cgi-bin/omd?king (362 words)

	Observations at A King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Nest in Venezuela (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		stated that King Vulture nests are found in a hollow tree or rock fissure and that 1 egg is laid.
		On 13 February 1985 we found a King Vulture nest in the Andean piedmont near the town Tucupido (Portuguesa State), Venezuela.
		Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Occidentales "Ezequiel Zamora," Guanare (Portuguesa), Venezuela Very few observations of King Vulture (Sarcoram- where an adult incubated 1 egg, and the other was phus papa) reproduction in natural conditions have on the ground near the base of a spiny palm and been recorded.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v105n01/p0195-p0196.html (1435 words)

	A baby vulture is new at Reid Zoo \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		For now, Pip, a male American king vulture hatched at the Reid Park Zoo, is a mass of white fluff.
		Wild vultures feast on carrion, or dead flesh, but zoo vultures such as Pip eat dead mice and commercially prepared meals for birds of prey.
		Adult king vultures have a yellow, fleshy crest and an orange bill with yellow, orange, red and blue skin on their heads.
	www.azstarnet.com /metro/141497.php (549 words)

	New World Vultures
		One of these is the King Vulture (the large birds in the roost at left; the smaller ones are the widespread Black Vulture).
		King Vultures are scarce across their wide range across the primary forests and savanna of the Neotropics.
		Vultures tend to forage most of the day, riding thermal to thermal but searching for recently-dead meat over a wide range, but return to communal roosts at night.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/vultures.html (1418 words)

	enargea.org \| King Vultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The king vulture, in human form, ran after them and asked them what they were doing.
		Then the king vulture showed them how to do so, first pressing their limbs together so that they could get into the costume, and later releasing them.
		Thereupon the king vulture and his daughter put on their costumes of new feathers also, and took the two with them to heaven, where the king vulture married the girl and his daughter married the boy.
	asi-dsl-stat-b-8.apk.net /tales/Amazonian/King_Vultures.html (534 words)

	Research & Resources: King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
		The king vulture is one of the larger species of vulture.
		The king vulture's sense of smell is not as good as that of other types of vultures, so they do not always use it to detect food.
		Though the species is not universally listed as endangered, the populations of king vultures are in decline due to habitat destruction.
	www.rainforest-alliance.org /resources.cfm?id=king_vulture (277 words)

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