King Vulture
by Eva Lechner
Title
King Vulture
Artist
Eva Lechner
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed Media/artistic Photography/and Digital Art
Description
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. It is the only surviving member of the genus Sarcoramphus, although fossil members are known.
Large and predominantly white, the king vulture has gray to black ruff, flight, and tail feathers. The head and neck are bald, with the skin color varying, including yellow, orange, blue, purple, and red. The king vulture has a very noticeable orange fleshy caruncle on its beak. This vulture is a scavenger and it often makes the initial cut into a fresh carcass. It also displaces smaller New World vulture species from a carcass. King vultures have been known to live for up to 30 years in captivity.
King vultures were popular figures in the Mayan codices as well as in local folklore and medicine.
Copyright Eva Lechner
Contest winner:1st place in the Contest All That Is Exotic-March 2019
SOLD as a Kids T-Shirt - Black - Large (7) to a buyer from Cobourg, ON - Canada.-July 2020
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Comments (47)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Srilatha Venkatalakshmi
The backgrounds you are creating for your photographs are spectacular!! Love it!
Hartmut Jager
- đ„ - EVA, Marvelous Colors in Your Top Class Photography/and Digital Art Painting ! Excellent ! - đ€ -
Chiquita Bowleg
Congratulations on winning 1st Place in the FAA art contest entitled, ALL THINGS EXOTIC - Awesome representation!
Peggy Collins
Congratulations on winning the contest, Ea! This is one fascinating looking bird. I love the way you processed the picture...brilliant textured background!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the âArt for Ever with Youâ Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the groupâs discussion post titled â2018 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-youâsâ for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 21, 2018)
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