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New World Vultures3 Bird Species
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Black VultureBlack overall. The skin on the bare head is gray and wrinkled, darker and smoother on young birds. The bill is dark with a pale tip. The legs and feet are pale gray. In flight, the white undersides of the primaries form pale wingtips that contrast with the rest of the bird’s plumage. Wings are hel more... Length: 60 cm Wingspan: 137 cm |
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California CondorThe largest soaring bird in North America, California Condor dwarfs even the eagles. The plumage is black with a single white wing bar. A ruff of loose feathers surrounds the base of the neck. The head and neck are unfeathered, and range from yellow to red-orange. The feet are whitish, and the expose more... Length: 117 cm Wingspan: 183 cm |
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Turkey VultureBlack overall with a brownish cast. The bare head is red with an ivory bill, and the legs are dark pinkish. Young birds have gray heads and whitish legs. In flight, the long tail and the long square wings distinguish this species from Black Vulture. The undersides of the flight feathers are pale gray more... Length: 64 cm Wingspan: 173 cm |
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Black Vulture
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California Condor
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Turkey Vulture
10 Photographs
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Non-vegetated Areas |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Turkey VultureCathartes aura |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Salt Water |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Human-altered Areas |
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Black VultureCoragyps atratus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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Turkey VultureCathartes aura |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Fresh Water |
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Black VultureCoragyps atratus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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Grassland and Scrubland |
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Black VultureCoragyps atratus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Turkey VultureCathartes aura |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
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Forest and Woodlands |
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Black VultureCoragyps atratus |
Suburban/residential Landscapes, Southern Wooded Swamps, Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets |
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California CondorGymnogyps californianus |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Beaches, Open Country and Grasslands, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Chapparal, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands |
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Turkey VultureCathartes aura |
Rocky Cliffs and Gorges, Rimrocks and Mesas, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Eastern Deciduous Forest, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia |
