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  • Scientific names
    • Cathartes aura
  • English
    • Turkey Vulture
    • Turkey Buzzard
  • French
    • urubu � t�te rouge
  • Spanish
    • Zopilote aura

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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

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jay

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Sep 24, 2011
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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

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kueda

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Feb 5, 2012 10:13 AM PST
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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

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kestrel

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Feb 3, 2012
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Description from Wikipedia

The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard (or just "buzzard"), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae, the Turkey Vulture is the most widespread of the New World vultures, ranging from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of...

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.