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Species Profile

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

(Cathartes burrovianus)

Species Fact Sheet

IUCN Red List StatusLeast ConcernSource: IUCN 2024
RangeFrom southeast Mexico south through Brazil and northeast ArgentinaSource: Johnson et al 2016

Bibliography

Campbell 2014. “The impact of urbanization and agricultural development on vultures in El Salvador” Vulture News 66: July 2014. https://www.ajol.info...

Johnson et al 2016. “Multi-locus phylogenetic inference among New World Vultures (Aves: Cathartidae)” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105: December 2016. https://www.sciencedirect.com...