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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Scientific name definitions

David A. Kirk and Michael J. Mossman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998

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Distribution of the Turkey Vulture - Range Map
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  • Migration
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Distribution of the Turkey Vulture

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Kirk, D. A. and M. J. Mossman (2020). Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.turvul.01
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