Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turkey Vulture
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Bird
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Cathartes
Species: Cathartes aura
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations:
VT - state rank: S3S4B
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Cathartes aura

Roosting at Point Reyes National Seashore
Marin County, CA
Date: 2014-07-27

Soaring over Welch Mountain
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2009-06-13

Soaring over Welch Mountain
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2009-06-13
