Talk:King Vulture

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Contents 1 Looking good 1.1 odd sentence 2 papa 3 Genus

[edit] Looking good

Hmmm, another pleasant surprise. Prose looks good at first glance. I'll double check my greek dictionary at home and other stuff I can find. Would be good to get a bit more info on captivity bit. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:16, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] odd sentence

Umm...The vulture is sexually dimorphic, with no difference in plumage and little in size between males and females - is odd - should it be a little sexually dimorphic as there are only minor differences or some such wording? cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:25, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] papa

I seem to recall reading somehwere that papa is a native american word...so I don't think my dictionaries are going to help too much there....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:33, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I think it literally is supposed to mean "Pope vulture"`: gaudy outfit, prominent headgear, the works. Might also be retcon(?) from Lat. papulus "pimple" -> papus "big pimple", but why then change the ending? Dysmorodrepanis 21:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genus

I don't know where the claimed Linnaean genus came from. In the relevant editio decima, its Vultur alone with the other vultures. I added the correct page and descrition too. Jimfbleak (talk) 19:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)