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Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Photo by JeKScience
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27.1948, -82.2583

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Description:

The black on their heads is limited to the skull, where most images I find of black vultures show the necks being unfeathered as well.

Reference Links:

Black Vulture, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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