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Paris, Leslie. "Happily Ever After: Free to Be ... You and Me, Second-Wave Feminism, and 1970s American Children's Culture". pp. 519–538. Rotskoff, Lori, and Laura L. Lovett. When We Were Free to Be... Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference It Made. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-807-83755-9.
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 ...
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The generic name is composed of Cathartes, the New World vulture genus and -saura, feminine declination of the Greek term sauros, "lizard".It also implies the juxtaposition of the components of the scientific name of the turkey vulture, Cathartes aura, whose Spanish name, "buitre", named the locality where the fossil was found due to the abundance of such birds there.
C. aura (Linnaeus, 1758) C. burrovianus Cassin, 1845; C. melambrotus Wetmore, 1964; Approximate distribution of the genus Cathartes. Green indicates that at least one species is resident year-round and yellow shows areas where one species, the turkey vulture, is a summer-only breeding visitor.
Lesser yellow-headed vultures [6] (Cathartes burrovianus), are large,slender black vultures. They typically have two-toned wings as well, yet there can be some yellow coloring on their heads. Wingtips go beyond the tip of their tail. Length of 53–65 cm, wingspan 150–165 cm, and weight 0.9-1.6 kg.
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 Lesser yellow-headed vulture: Cathartidae: Cathartes burrovianus Cassin, 1845: 6 Greater yellow-headed vulture: Cathartidae: Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964: 7 Secretarybird: Sagittariidae: Sagittarius serpentarius (Miller, JF, 1779) 8 Osprey: Pandionidae: Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758) 9 Black-winged ...
The king vulture has, relative to its size, the largest skull and braincase, and strongest bill, of the New World vultures. [19] This bill has a hooked tip and a sharp cutting edge. [7] The bird has broad wings and a short, broad, and square tail. [28] The irises of its eyes are white and bordered by bright red sclera. [3]