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The role of greater yellow-headed vultures Cathartes melambrotus
as scavengers in neotropical forest
Gomez, LG | Houston, DC | Cotton, P | Tye, A
Ibis. Vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 193-196. 1994.
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.
 Descriptors: Article Subject Terms foraging behavior | interspecific relationships | location | olfaction | Article Taxonomic Terms Cathartes melambrotus | Article Geographic Terms Colombia
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