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Turkey Vulture |
Black Vulture |
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| Adults | |||||
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red head |
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gray very wrinkled featherless heads |
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reddish tarsi (lower leg) |
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gray toes (appear white from excrement) |
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uniformly light gray remiges on underside of wings |
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outer primaries have whitish area on each feather more visible on lower surface |
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yellowish white bill see-through nares |
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narrow bill yellowish brown on tip |
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longer tail that extends well beyond feet in flight |
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(photo of black vulture tail needed) |
short square black tail toes extend to tail in flight |
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| Juveniles | |||||
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grayish head pinkish around nares |
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smooth black head |
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black tip on white bill see-through nares |
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blackish bill with black tip (tip turning yellow as ages) |
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| Turkey Vulture Main Page | |||||
| Black Vulture Main Page | |||||
| Raptor ID Contents | |||||
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International Wildlife Rehabilitation
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