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Vulture gryphus
Largest land bird in the world. Found throughout the Andes. May have greater than 10 foot (3 meters) wingspan. Diet consists of mostly carrion.
High-altitude paramo grasslands of Andean Mountain range (South America)
Spotted on Oct 10, 2011
Submitted on Jan 11, 2012
4 Comments
Fantastico por favor agregala ala mission BIOPAR Biodiversidad en Paramos Gracias
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9510...
The Condor is the national bird here in Chile, even appears on the shield of the country. It would be nice to have this picture in the mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8229...
Interesting head growth on this huge birds - nice spotting!
Lovely first spot Genevieve!
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