Scientific name:
Aegypiinae

Natural spread:
South America

in unusually colorful vulture is the king-vulture spread in means and South America. Above all the gigantic Urwälder are its habitat while it avoids the high mountain region.

The strikingly colored king-vultures can sail stretching wings well with its 1,8 m. They look for its food in forest-rich area. Presumably, they can find carrion with the well developed sense of smell.