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?Vultur sp. nov. 'Uruguay'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct (Jones et al., 2025)

Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene (Jones et al., 2025)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Uruguay

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Jones, Washington W. Jones, Rinderknecht, Andrés, Vezzosi, Rául and Ubilla, Martín. (2025). An unexpectedly large vulture (Aves: Cathartidae) from the Quaternary of South America. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2546585

 

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