Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes burrovianus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyCathartidae (New World Vultures)
- GenusCathartes (Turkey and Yellow-headed Vultures)
- SpeciesCathartes burrovianus (Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture)
Closest Relatives at El Palmar National Park
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Harris' Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Crane Hawk
Geranospiza caerulescens
Black-collared Hawk
Busarellus nigricollis
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Great Black-Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Savanna Hawk
Buteogallus meridionalis
Long-winged Harrier
Circus buffoni
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture at El Palmar National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there