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Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

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Description:

Los zopilotes de CR son sumamente fáciles de reconocer, este, el C. aura con su cabeza roja, el C. burrovianus con su cabeza anaranjada y el Coragyps atratus de cabeza negra.

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Comments (6)
RaymundoSanchezTacsan
Gracias intrinsic! Gracias Emily! Si, creo que los usaban en los adornos de la realeza egipcia. Gracias Gilma! a veces no admiramos las cosas que son muy comunes porque estamos acostumbrados a verlas.
EmilyMarino
Oh wow, so pretty! They really are majestic! Wonderful series!
intrinsic3141
I never thought a Turkey Vulture could look this majestic!

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Raptors of North America
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PublishedNovember 5, 2013

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