Turkey vulture
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The turkey vulture is the most widespread of the New World vultures. One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southe
Turkey vulture Orange Walk
With a lesser yellow-headed vulture, in Formosa, Argentina
Showing wingspan, in California
Skull of a turkey vulture
Black vulture
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The black vulture, also known as the American black vulture, Mexican vulture, zopilote, urubu, or gallinazo, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the northeastern United
Turkey vulture
…and poorly adapted to grasping; the talons are also not designed for grasping, as they are relatively blunt. In flight, the tail is long and slim. The black vulture is relatively shorter-tailed and shorter-winged, which makes it appear rather smaller in flight than the turkey vulture, although the body masses of…
Black vulture Peten
Black vulture pair feeding on a mule deer head. Plate 106 from The Birds of America by J. J. Audubon.
C. occidentalis fossil
In Bolivia