Sarcoramphus

Sarcoramphus is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa).

Sarcoramphus Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Juvenile and adult king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Cathartidae
Genus:	Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1805
Species
Sarcoramphus papa †Sarcoramphus fischeri †Sarcoramphus kernense

Extinct members of the genus include the Kern vulture (Sarcoramphus kernense) from the mid-Pliocene of North America,^[1] and Sarcoramphus fischeri from the Late Pleistocene of Peru.^[2]

A hypothetical species known as the painted vulture is also assigned to this genus, but no concrete proof of its existence has been found as of yet.^[3]