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Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
31.109, -97.497
Field Notes
Description:
The turkey vulture is an eagle-sized blackish bird; it has a dark brown to black plumage; a featherless, purple-red head and neck (gray or brown in immatures); a long tail; and a short, hooked, ivory-colored beak. It’s a large bird with an average weight of 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) and a wingspan of 173-183 cm (68-72 inches).
Habitat:
Belton Lake area.
Notes:
In flight, the wings are held upward in a wide, shallow V; its flight feathers are silvery below. Cathartes aura wings are similar to black vultures but narrower. They flap their wings less frequently, rolls and sways from side to side, and is held well above horizontal.
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Turkey Vulture
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PublishedOctober 7, 2013
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