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Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by Joe Goodman
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Field Notes

Description:

scavenger that eats dead and decaying corpses

Habitat:

Northern California foothills and valley, in research I have found they range from Canada to the southern tip of South America and have 5 subspecies.

Notes:

Very important part of ecosystem IMO

Species ID Suggestions

Turkey Vulture (Buzzard)

Cathates aura Linnaeus 1758

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Comments (4)
alicelongmartin
Sorry, I was thinking of their grey head instead or red. It is Black Vulture.
MitchRay
Do you mean Black Vultures? I realize some of them appear gray but Black Vulture was still the accepted common name last I checked
alicelongmartin
When I was growing up we used to have a saying in our family if something really smelled. "It would stink a Turkey Vulture off a gut wagon!" We seem to have mostly Grey Vultures in Florida.

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Earth Week 2011
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PublishedApril 22, 2011

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