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The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. [2] One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands ...
Turkey vultures coming in to the same roost they use for the season. All Cathartes species have featherless heads with brightly colored skin, yellow to orange in the yellow-headed vultures, bright red in the turkey vulture. All three species share a well-developed sense of smell, which is rare in birds, that enables them to locate carrion under ...
They’re also not a cross between a turkey and a vulture, they’re a type of vulture. Buzzards, scientifically known as black or turkey vultures, on a light pole. “They’re no more similar ...
Accipitrimorphae is a clade of birds of prey that include the orders Cathartiformes (New World vultures) and Accipitriformes (diurnal birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, osprey and secretarybird).
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A turkey vulture chick stands in its nest in a silo in Mequon. Standing 7 feet away were two football-sized creatures covered in white down. They sported black faces, beaks, legs and feet.
Turkey vulture, Trinidad. Order: Cathartiformes Family: Cathartidae. The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers.
Grown adults will have a red head. There are three other subspecies of turkey vulture located throughout North and Central America. Their length can be 62–72 cm, wingspan 160–181 cm, and weight 1.6-2.4 kg. Behavior includes locating food by smell and sight. They usually eat carrion, but can sometimes catch fish and attack living creatures.