Certainly the August cover image is likely to have prompted the three votes received for the king vulture.

The King Vulture is also a popular subject on the stamps of the countries within its range.

This species lacks the religious connections that the King Vulture has.

This was what the Boers and the natives call the "king vulture," one of which goes with every flock.

"There is always one king vulture," she explained.

The King Vulture is one of the most common species of birds represented.

Because of its large size and beauty, the King Vulture is an attraction at zoos around the world.

This bird's description matches the appearance of the King Vulture except that it had a white, not black, tail.

We had chicken and beef pastries as monkeys played in the trees and a king vulture circled overhead.

The King Vulture has a very noticeable yellow fleshy caruncle on its beak.

There are two theories on how the King Vulture earned the "King" part of its common name.

Once it has found a carcass, the King Vulture displaces the other vultures because of its large size and strong bill.

The King Vulture soars for hours effortlessly, only flapping its wings infrequently.

The King Vulture eats anything from cattle carcasses to beached fish and dead lizards.

Large and predominantly white, the King Vulture has gray to black ruff, flight, and tail feathers.

Unlike some New World vultures, the King Vulture lacks eyelashes.

They were in the aviary, standing before the battered, sinister grandeur of the marabou stork and the king vulture.

The King Vulture is also listed as Least Concern, although there is evidence of a decline in the population.

The genus Sarcoramphus, which today contains only the King Vulture, had a wider distribution in the past.

An adult King Vulture sexually matures when it is about four or five years old, with females maturing slightly earlier than males.

Like other New World vultures, the King Vulture has a diploid chromosome number of 80.

'My chief character is a vulture - a king vulture - the most amazing South American bird, which is bright orange.

"The forests look wonderful, bigger trees than you see here in La Selva, capybara everywhere, king vultures everywhere.

"Turkey vultures, yellow-heads, even king vultures."

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)