Turkey Vulture
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| - | '''Common Name:''' Turkey Vulture | + | '''Common Name:''' Turkey Vulture<br> |
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'''Scientific Name:''' Cathartes aura | '''Scientific Name:''' Cathartes aura | ||
Winters from northern California, Mexican border, eastern Texas, southern Missouri, and southern New York southward throughout the southeastern United States and south. It prefers rangeland and areas of mixed farmland and forest. It will roost in large trees or on large urban buildings. | Winters from northern California, Mexican border, eastern Texas, southern Missouri, and southern New York southward throughout the southeastern United States and south. It prefers rangeland and areas of mixed farmland and forest. It will roost in large trees or on large urban buildings. | ||
| - | '''Status:''' | + | '''Status:''' Least Concern. '''Global Population:''' 5,000,000 mature individuals. Overall North American populations have increased over the last few decades and the breeding range has expanded northward. |
'''Diet:''' Wide variety of carrion, from small mammals to dead cows. Also, some insects, other invertebrates and some fruit. | '''Diet:''' Wide variety of carrion, from small mammals to dead cows. Also, some insects, other invertebrates and some fruit. | ||
The Turkey Vulture usually forages alone, unlike its smaller, more social relative, the Black Vulture. No New World Vulture possesses a syrinx (vocal organ), so they instead make a series of soft hisses and barks. The Turkey Vulture routinely hisses at carrion, roosts and nests. | The Turkey Vulture usually forages alone, unlike its smaller, more social relative, the Black Vulture. No New World Vulture possesses a syrinx (vocal organ), so they instead make a series of soft hisses and barks. The Turkey Vulture routinely hisses at carrion, roosts and nests. | ||
| - | '''Found in [http:// | + | |
| + | '''Found in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-vultures.html Songbird ReMix Vultures]''' | ||
