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The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), also known as the buzzard, is the most widespread of the North and South American vultures. Its common name comes from a bald red head and dark plumage which resembles that of a male wild turkey. The range of the turkey vulture is from southern Canada to the tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of habitats including forests, shrublands, pastures and deserts. The turkey vulture is a scavenger with a keen sense of smell and eyesight which enables it to find dead and decaying animals (carrion), its main source of food. In flight, they rely on thermals and need to flap their wings infrequently. The turkey vulture roosts in large communal groups and nests in hollow trees, caves and thickets. They usually raise two chicks a year which they feed through regurgitation. This vulture was photographed while perched in a tree on Campbell Mesa in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

vulture bird is eating small chicken for breakfast

Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) photographed in the Monfragüe national park

The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. turkey buzzard or buzzard. Santa Rosa, California. Pepperwood Preserve.

Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) hawk eating meat. Nature background. Big white grey bird closeup

Congregates on a field

Turkey vulture with road kill

Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as this Black Vulture , marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a coastal territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Gyps rueppelli, aka Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area of northern Tanzania, east Africa. This species is listed as Critically Endangered.

Series of photos showing a turkey vulture scavenging a rabbit carcass

Himalayan griffon vulture in Thailand

Worm's-eye view on griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) looking down on prey against white background

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Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) feeding on a dolphin carcass

Red head Turkey Vulture in mid air

side shot of andean condor in the park

A wild Eurasian Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus, in flight against clear, blue sky over Parque Natural del Estrecho, southern Andalucía, Spain.

gyps rueppellii, Rueppell's Griffon Vulture. vultures eat meat under a tree against the backdrop of nature. in selective focus. details are visible

The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. Sometimes it is called African White-backed Vulture to distinguish it from the Oriental White-backed Vulture. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Flying in and on carrion. Eating and arriving on a carcass.

A Coragyps atratus feeds on the remains of an animal in the rural area of the country El Salvador

On Masai grasslands outside Arusha, a critically endangered wild flock of white-backed vultures and griffon vultures eat a lion killed Cape buffalo carcass in Tanzania on June 29, 1996.

series of photos of a scavenger turkey vulture eating road kill rabbit

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head of andean condor in the park

Closed up vulture bird, adult Himalayan griffon vulture or Himalayan vulture, low angle view, side shot, taking off from the agriculture field and calling in nature of tropical climate, central Thailand.

Public bird park avifauna. Outskirts of Alphen an den Rijn. Netherlands. Hooded Vulture Feeding on Carrion in Arid Landscape

Vulture at the zoo

Close up of a Eagle

The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. Sometimes it is called African White-backed Vulture to distinguish it from the Oriental White-backed Vulture. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Flying in and on carrion. Eating and arriving on a carcass.

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