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King vulture (Chalalan)🦅

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SpeciesAccipitriformesCathartidae
Birds

🦅King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758)

王鷲（學名：Sarcoramphus papa），又名國王禿鷲，屬於美洲鷲科，是一種大型鳥類，主要分佈於中美洲與南美洲。其棲息範圍北起墨西哥南部，南抵阿根廷北部，多棲息於熱帶低地森林。王鷲是王鷲屬現存唯一的物種，但化石紀錄顯示該屬曾有其他近親。 王鷲體型龐大，羽毛以白色為主，但頸部的粗羽、飛羽及尾羽則呈灰色或黑色。其頭頸部裸露無毛，皮膚色彩斑斕，包括黃、橙、藍、紫、紅等顏色。喙上長有顯眼的橙色肉質肉冠。作為食腐動物，王鷲常率先撕開大型動物屍體的皮膚，並會驅趕其他較小型的新大陸鷲類。在圈養環境下，其壽命可達30年以上。 王鷲常見於瑪雅古抄本，在當地民間傳說與傳統醫藥中也佔有一席之地。目前雖被國際自然保護聯盟列為無危物種，但因棲息地破壞，其族群數量正逐漸下降。

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3.4 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
40 years
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Everything we know about the King Vulture

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.4 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 3.4 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.24 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.51 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.06 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.09 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
40 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
57 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Scavenger
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.4 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for King Vulture yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAccipitriformes
  5. ›familyCathartidae
  6. ›genusSarcoramphus
  7. ›speciesSarcoramphus papa
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
  3. familyCathartidae
  4. genusSarcoramphus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
  11. familyCathartidae
  12. genusSarcoramphus
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kungskondor (sv), Königsgeier (de), kondor královský (cs), Sarcoramphus papa (es), Sarcoramphe roi (fr), トキイロコンドル (ja) … and 25 more languages
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