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turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

Photo by Annie T
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Field Notes

Description:

Turkey vultures have dark brown to black plumage, a featherless, purplish-red head and neck; and a short, hooked, ivory-colored beak.They live on carrion

Habitat:

a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and deserts.

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