Condor Mapuche or Manke Manke.
Distribution: monotypic. Typical of the Andes, from Venezuela to Cape Horn.
Habitat: Ridges. Descends to the sea, a phenomenon more common in the extreme north and extreme south of Chile. It is always possible to find wandering anywhere in the territory.
flight Description: E 320 cm. Really big. Completely black, except the collar and high in dorsal view, white. Open primary characteristics resembling fingers. Juvenile in flight is completely brown.
Description and species like: The male has a prominent ridge in all ages. The head is gray, but becomes pinkish, sometimes with yellowish tinge, when the bird is disturbed, aggressive or in any deployment. The female and male, but crest. The juvenile is brown fawn, no white. Gradually the body becomes black and white appears in the secondary and the collar, over a period of about six years. In the distance is similar to the vulture red head is smaller.
Behavior: gregarious. It meets around food, and is dominant over all other birds of prey. It feeds mainly on carrion, although attacks have been documented in young cattle group, sick or at risk (House, 1945; Johnson, 1965), and capture live prey (Figueroa, Choral et al. 2000). Wary of human presence, but do not go ashore after a long flight inspection. Occupies rocky places to sleep.
Daniel Piña Martínez, Gonzalo González Cifuentes. Birds of Chile, New Field Guide. Naturalist issues. 2004, p. 85.
