Key Identification Features
- The skin on the head is wrinkled and folded, and a distinct irregular golden crest grows on the cere above the bird's orange and black bill.
- While their underwing coloration is similar, the greater yellow-headed vulture usually has a faint, broad, dark band running vertically down the middle of its wings.
- These identifying features allow researchers to use sighting-resighting methods to estimate population size and structure.
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