Bird Guide

Red-headed Vulture vs Slate-colored Hawk

Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

Red-headed Vulture

Sarcogyps calvus

Huge4.5 kgUrban

It is a medium-sized vulture of 76 to 86 cm (30 to 34 in) in length, weighing 3.5–6.3 kg (7.7–13.9 lb) and having a wingspan of about 1.99–2.6 m (6.5–8.5 ft). It has a prominent naked head: deep-red to orange in the adult, paler red in the juvenile. It has a black body with pale grey band at the base of the flight feathers. The sexes differ in colour of the iris: males have a paler, whitish iris, whilst in females it is dark brown.

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Photo: Shiva Shenoy · CC BY 4.0
Slate-colored Hawk (Buteogallus schistaceus)

Slate-colored Hawk

Buteogallus schistaceus

Large1000 gForest

It is a medium-sized to large bird, typically about 40 cm (16 in) long. It is medium slate-grey in color, with contrasting bright white horizontal banding on its tail feathers. It has a medium-white breast with vertical black markings. It has a large orange cere at the base of its beak, and large yellow eyes.

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Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christoph Moning · cc-by

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