Artist Creator:J. Smit
Description
Sarcoramphus papa
Date 1872
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam, p. 43
Old Latin name Sarcoramphus papa
New Latin name Sarcoramphus papa
Common name Nederlands: Koningsgier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcoramphus_papa_-_1872_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100105.tif

The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.