NOUN | a turkey vulture | turkey vultures | |
SYNO | buzzard | Cathartes aura | turkey buzzard | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Besides the greater yellow-headed vulture, it is similar to the turkey vulture.
- The turkey vulture "Cathartes aura" served as a possible source for the transition between hosts, as Cerpa, Medrano and Peredo observed the two nesting in the same colony.
- The zone-tailed hawk ("Buteo albonotatus"), which resembles the turkey vulture ("Cathartes aura"), may provide one such example.
- The turkey vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.
- All "Cathartes" species have featherless heads with brightly colored skin, yellow to orange in the yellow-headed vultures, bright red in the turkey vulture.
- Mountain lions are particularly common in the region and can be seen almost year round, along with birds like the turkey vulture and the Canada goose.
- STS-121 was the first launch during which NASA took special precautions to deter vultures, particularly the local turkey vulture, from flying over the area.
- He is a young turkey vulture (sometimes called a "buzzard" in the United States) with black body feathers and a white tuft around his throat.
- Opened in 2019, Raptor Ridge is home to a non-releasable Bald Eagle and Turkey Vulture. This exhibit explores migration, rehabilitation, and care of birds of prey species.
- In the presence of Wilder, Miles, and Fatty, she confesses that she was also operated on by Wilder and attacked the hunter in order to protect the turkey vulture that she released into the wild.
- STS-121 was the first launch during which NASA took special precautions to deter vultures, particularly the local turkey vulture, from flying over the area.
- It gets its name from the Blue Mountains, the mountain range that runs through it, as well as a common bird found in the park, the "John crow" or turkey vulture ("Cathartes aura").
- Rango walks into the saloon, but seconds later, Slim the turkey vulture walks in with a meteorite fragment in a fish can.
- The bird is actually a King vulture rather than a turkey vulture (buzzard).
- Birds seen include golden eagle, turkey vulture and peregrine falcon, to the small canyon wren and meadowlark.
- Further studies have been conducted using other vulture species, such as black vultures ("Coragyps atratus") and turkey vultures ("Cathartes aura"), with results both supporting and refuting the information centre hypothesis.
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