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==Description==
==Description==
While other New World vultures are predominantly black, the king vulture has taken the opposite approach: it is predominately white, and strikingly colored. The naked head is red at the apex, neck, and around her eyes, with the remainder of the head a dull violet; the strong beak and the neck are orange to yellow. On the cheeks are short grayish feathers, while the lower part of the neck is black. The front is white-gray. The body plumage is white above and below, with the primary and secondary flight feathers and tail black; seen flying from below the white body looks like it's been heavily outlined in black. These vultures are up to 27–32 inches long, have a wing span of about 4–6.6 feet, and weigh between 6–10 pounds.
[[File:KingVulture2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|King vulture in flight]]
While other New World vultures are predominantly black, the king vulture has taken the opposite approach: it is predominately white, and strikingly colored. The naked head is red at the apex, neck, and around her eyes, with the remainder of the head a dull violet; the strong beak and the neck are orange to yellow. On the cheeks are short grayish feathers, while the lower part of the neck is black. The front is white-gray. The body plumage is white above and below, with the primary and secondary flight feathers and tail black; seen flying from below the white body looks like it's been heavily outlined in black. These vultures are up to 27–32 inches long, have a wing span of about 4–6.6 feet, and weigh between 6–10 pounds.
==Habitat and range==
==Habitat and range==