🐾 Turkey Vulture

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The turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura ), also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard ), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow , is the most widespread of the New World vultures. One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Turkey Vulture — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Seig, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Seig · cc-by

Record card

Scientific name	Cathartes aura
Rank	species
Community observations	277,577 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Cathartiformes › family Cathartidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Richmond, CA, USA
(c) Michael Warner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Bolsa Chica (Ecological Reserve)
(c) Kate Bridges-Lyman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Bolsa Chica (Ecological Reserve)
(c) Kate Bridges-Lyman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · California, US
(c) abeltran562, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-16 · E 300 S, Kanab, UT, US
(c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-16 · E 300 S, Kanab, UT, US
(c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-06-16 · S Baker Rd, Angels Camp, CA, US
(c) vi🪻, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Turkey Vulture photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-06-07 · Centro, Tab., México
(c) jesus_montecino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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