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Turkey vulture

Turkey vulture
Temporal range:
A turkey vulture in Orange Walk District, Belize
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Cathartes
Species:
C. aura
Binomial name
Cathartes aura
Range of C. aura[image reference needed]
  Summer only range
  Year-round range
Synonyms

Vultur aura Linnaeus, 1758

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, pastures, and deserts.[1]

Like all New World vultures, it is not closely related to the Old World vultures of Europe, Africa, and Asia. However, the two groups strongly resemble each other due to convergent evolution.

The turkey vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.[3] It finds its food using its keen eyes and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gasses produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals.[3] In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It roosts in large community groups. Lacking a syrinx—the vocal organ of birds—its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses.[4] It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets. Each year it generally raises two chicks, which it feeds by regurgitation.[5] It has very few natural predators.[6] In the United States, the vulture receives legal protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.[7]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Cathartes aura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22697627A131941613. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22697627A131941613.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Turkey vulture". Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2020-08-23. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ADW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Miskimen, Mildred (January 1957). "Absence of Syrinx in the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)" (PDF). The Auk. 74 (1): 104–105. doi:10.2307/4082043. JSTOR 4082043. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2006-10-24.
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  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference snyder was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference FWS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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