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You would not want to eat me for your Christmas dinner! A turkey vulture, one of the New World Vultures, is a scavenger. Luckily it is immune to salmonella or anthrax, or other like diseases. Seen in Cuyabeno, 2009. Cathartes aura,Ecuador,Fall,Geotagged,Turkey Vulture Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

You would not want to eat me for your Christmas dinner!

A turkey vulture, one of the New World Vultures, is a scavenger. Luckily it is immune to salmonella or anthrax, or other like diseases. Seen in Cuyabeno, 2009.

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The Turkey Vulture

The turkey vulture 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 areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and deserts.

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Similar species: New World Vultures
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Uploaded Aug 5, 2016. Captured Apr 18, 2009 10:18 in Sucumbios, Ecuador.
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  • KODAK Z812 IS ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
  • f/4.8
  • 1/102s
  • ISO75
  • 70.2mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.

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