Sarcoramphus
Sign in to saveSarcoramphus is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa).
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sarcoramphus is referenced by 117 other articles, and connects out to King Vulture, bird and New World vulture.
It sits within the topics Bird genera, Bird genera with one living species and Cathartidae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Cathartidae
- Collections
- CUMV, ROM, GNM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- United States, Peru, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- New World vulture
- Image
- Sarcoramphus papa -National Zoo -Washington -USA-8a.jpg
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- Commons category
- Sarcoramphus
- taxon common name
- 王鷲
- taxon name
- Sarcoramphus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sarcoramphus
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Sarcoramphus is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa).
Extinct members of the genus include the Kern vulture (Sarcoramphus kernense) from the mid-Pliocene of North America, and Sarcoramphus fischeri from the Late Pleistocene of Peru.
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