{"id":25449,"date":"2012-11-05T14:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:24","slug":"turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It&#8217;s also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard, and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae, the Turkey Vulture is the most widespread of the New World vultures, ranging from southern Canada to the tip of South America.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Turkey Vulture\u00a0<i>Cathartes\u00a0aura<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-321-25449\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2432\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-8.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2431\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-7.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2430\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-6.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2429\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-5.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2428\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-4.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at El Combate,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2427\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-3.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2426\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-2.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2425\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-1.jpg\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) at La Parguera,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura\/thumbs\/thumbs_turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura, is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It&#8217;s also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard, and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow. One of three species in the genus Cathartes, in the family Cathartidae, the Turkey Vulture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":828040,"parent":17615,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2077,229],"class_list":["post-25449","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cathartes-aura","tag-turkey-vulture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25449\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}