User:Velvet Vulture/Evaluate an Article

== Which article are you evaluating? ==

Cinereous vulture

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it is on a topic that I am interested in, and because it's exactly the kind of topic I could see myself or someone with similar interests looking up on Wikipedia. At first glance the article seems okay, but a few issues did stand out to me, such as a slightly off topic lead section, and the writing seeming unsure about things that should be facts.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

This article is is a part the WikiProject birds and within the scope of the WikiProject Southeast Asia. It is currently rated as a C-list article.

This article has several areas that could be improved upon.

The lead section starts off well, but devolves into specifics on a niche topic, specifically comparing the genome of cinereous vultures to that of bald eagles in order to study cinereous vulture's immune system.

The writing throughout the article has some issues as well. There are multiple instances of the article using word such as "probably" and "perhaps," leading to a lack of clarity and sounding at times unprofessional. More than once the article starts talking about related birds for seemingly no reason.

A majority of this article's sources are reliable, however, there are at least two source links that don't work, and at least two sources were either non-academic or out of date.

Most of the actual information in this article is useful and informative, however, the article could be greatly improved by having some of the writing reworked for clarity, brevity, and professionalism.