Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a species of birds (Aves) of the class Aves (Birds) in the family Cathartidae (New World Vultures) and order Cathartiformes.
Gallery
Adult
Colusa NWR, California, 1 Jan 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 5 Mar 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 4 Feb 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
Colusa NWR, California, 1 Jan 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 23 Apr 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 19 Apr 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 24 Feb 2018
© Graeme C. Colmer
Immature
Soberanía NP, Panama, 19 Sep 2018
© Graeme C. Colmer
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Turkey Vulture
Adult
Colusa NWR, California, 1 Jan 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 5 Mar 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 4 Feb 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
Colusa NWR, California, 1 Jan 2023
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 23 Apr 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 19 Apr 2020
© Graeme C. Colmer
Adult
California, USA, 24 Feb 2018
© Graeme C. Colmer
Immature
Soberanía NP, Panama, 19 Sep 2018
© Graeme C. Colmer
Observed
United States
Canada
Classification
- Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Cathartiformes
- Family: Cathartidae
- Genus: Cathartes
- Species: Cathartes aura
- Genus: Cathartes
- Family: Cathartidae
- Order: Cathartiformes
- Class: Aves
- Phylum: Chordata
- Kingdom: Animalia
Species in the Genus of Cathartes
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes melambrotus
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes burrovianus
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
External Links
Turkey Vulture
– Wikipedia
Turkey Vulture
– Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Turkey Vulture
– Audubon.org
