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Eastern turkey vulture
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Cathartes aura septentrionalis
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WIED, 1839 |
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Photo by: W. Schindler (Aufn.: Florida, USA) | | | Additional images here: www.biolib.cz |
| | Information Source for Taxonomy: | del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D.A. eds. (1994) HBW. Vol. 2
| | Tail length: | 22 - 29 cm | | Body length: | 62 - 76 cm | | Wingspan: | 160 - 182 cm |
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