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Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) Family: Cathartidae Order: Falconiformes print version
Turkey vulture Urubu à tête rouge Aura gallipavo Truthahngeier
Migration: partial

Verbreitungskarte von Cathartes aura North American races migratory, moving to S USA and funnelling through Central America into N South America, and possibly S to Paraguay.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)


Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America, South America
Recommended link: http://www.hawk- conservancy.org/priors/turkeyvul.htm
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel)