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Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
This species is locally common in the coastal wetlands and, according to Howell and Webb, they are also found inland in northern Guatemala. I have seen them most commonly in open marshes along the Caribbean coast of Honduras. On the Pacific coast their status is less clear. They are fairly common in the open marsh and mangroves of Monterrico in southern Guatemala. Howell and Webb place a question mark over El Salvador. There are a few reports, with Komar and Dominguez giving only two records for the country. However, I have seen them twice at Barra de Santiago in the West of the country. I have looked for them in other suitable locations without success. There are no records from southern Honduras. I am almost certain that I once saw one at El Jicarito, but I was sidetracked by a Northern Mockingbird (the first Central American record) and did not get a description. However, on subsequent visits I have spent time searching for them, without success.
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