Taxa

Vultur

Genus

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Vultur." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-vultur.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Vultur. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-vultur

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-vultur,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Vultur},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/genus-vultur},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Vultur is a genus of New World vulture, family Cathartidae, containing two species: the living Andean condor, Vultur gryphus, and the extinct fossil species Vultur messii from the early Pliocene of Argentina.

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