Category
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Turkey Vulture
species of New World vulture
lesser yellow-headed vulture
species of bird
greater yellow-headed vulture
species of bird
Cathartes
The genus Cathartes includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three extant species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas. There is one extinct species known from the Quaternary of Cuba.