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The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. [2] One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands ...
English: Vulture Stone, Gobekli Tepe, Sanliurfa, South-east Anatolia, Turkey The Vulture Stone is thought to be the world's first pictograph. It depicts a human head in the wing of a vulture and a headless human body under the stela. There are various figures like cranes and scorpions around this figure.
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A turkey vulture chick stands in its nest in a silo in Mequon. Standing 7 feet away were two football-sized creatures covered in white down. They sported black faces, beaks, legs and feet.
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Cases of avian flu among black vultures, different from the more common red-headed turkey vultures, have risen in North Carolina recently. Cases also were documented among domestic fowl and wild ...
Most species are mainly resident, but the turkey vulture breeds in Canada and the northern US and migrates south in the northern winter. [46] New World vultures inhabit a large variety of habitats and ecosystems, ranging from deserts to tropical rainforests and at heights of sea level to mountain ranges, [ 45 ] using their highly adapted sense ...