king vulture

English

A captive king vulture in the Berlin Zoo.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɪŋ ˈvʌltʃəɹ/

Noun

king vulture (plural king vultures)

1. A widespread species of New World vulture, Sarcoramphus papa.

Translations

Sarcoramphus papa

• Catalan: voltor reial m, rei dels zopilots m
• Classical Nahuatl: cōzcacuāuhtli
• Dutch: koningsgier (nl)
• Finnish: kuningaskondori (fi)
• French: sarcoramphe roi (fr) m, vautour pape (fr) m
• German: Königsgeier m
• Italian: avvoltoio reale m
• Polish: kondor królewski (pl) m
• Portuguese: urubu-rei (pt) m
• Quechua: pampa kuntur, kuntur
• Spanish: zopilote rey (es) m
• Swedish: kungsgam (sv) c

Further reading

• king vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sarcoramphus papa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies