Turkey Vulture / Cathartes aura LC
- Synonyms Turkey-Vulture, Turkey Buzzard, Buzzard
- Old latin name for bird Vultur aura
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Where to see Turkey Vulture
- Breeding region Middle America, North America, South America
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Turkey Vulture subspecies (6)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathartes aura aura | sw USA (s California to s Texas) to n Costa Rica and Greater Antilles | - | No |
| Cathartes aura falklandicus | Pacific coast from Ecuador to s Chile and Falkland Is. | - | No |
| Cathartes aura jota | Andes from Colombia to s Argentina | - | No |
| Cathartes aura meridionalis | w North America | - | No |
| Cathartes aura ruficollis | s Costa Rica and Panama to n Argentina and e Brazil | - | No |
| Cathartes aura septentrionalis | e North America | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kalkoenaasvoël |
| Albanian | Huta |
| Basque | Zapelatz arrunta |
| Belarusian | Канюк-мышалоў |
| Bengali | টাচকি কুন |
| Breton | Urubu penn ruz |
| Bulgarian | Пуйков лешояд |
| Catalan | zopilot cap-roig, Urubú de cap roig, Aura comú |
| Chinese | 红头美洲鹫 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 紅頭美洲鷲 |
| Chuvash | кăрккалла гриф |
| Croatian | crvenoglavi lešinar, Američki lešinar |
| Czech | kondor krocanovitý (ssp. aura), kondor krocanovitý |
| Danish | Kalkungrib |
| Dutch | Roodkopgier, Kalkoengier |
| Esperanto | Meleagra katarto |
| Estonian | kalkunkondor |
| Faroese | Músvákur |
| Finnish | kalkkunakondori |
| French | Urubu à tête rouge, Catharte aura, Vautour à tête rouge |
| Frisian | Kalkoengier |
| Galician | Urubú de cabeza vermella, Miñato |
| German | Truthahngeiegr, Truthahngeier |
| Guarani | Yryvu-akâ-virâi, Yryvu akâ virâi |
| Hebrew | עקב חורף, קתרטס תרנגולי |
| Hungarian | pulykakeselyű |
| Icelandic | Kalkúnhrævi |
| Irish | Bultúr turcach |
| Italian | Avvoltoio tacchino, Avvoltoio collorosso, Urubù collorosso, Avvoltoio dal collo rosso |
| Japanese | ヒメコンドル |
| Kazakh | күрке қумай, тауық құмай, күркетауық құмай, үндіктәрізді гриф |
| Latvian | tītaru grifs |
| Lithuanian | paprastasis kalakutinis grifas, Kurkinis grifas, Paprastasis suopis, Kalakutinis grifas |
| Manx | Shirragh |
| Norwegian | Skjorvengje, Musvåk, Ormhauk, Vasspip, kalkunkondor |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Kalkunkondor |
| Polish | Urubu różowogłowy, sepnik rózowoglowy, sępnik różowogłowy |
| Portuguese | urubu-peba, xem-xem, corvo-de-cabeça-vermelha, gereba, urubu-gereba, urubu-ministro, urubu-de-cabeça-vermelha, urubu-perú, urubu-rei, camiranga, Urubu-de-cabeca-vermelha, urubu-campeiro, urubu-caçador |
| Russian | Гриф-индейка, Катарта-индейка, гриф-индейка, катарта-индейка |
| Serbian | Ćurkasti lešinar |
| Slovak | kondor morkovitý, Myšiak lesný, supovec morkovitý, Myšiak hôrny |
| Slovenian | puranji jastreb |
| Spanish | Aura, Aura Tiñosa, Aura Cabecirroja, Zamuro de Cabeza Roja, Zopilote Cabecirrojo, Cuervo Cabeza Roja, Cute, Aura Común, Jote cabeza colorada, Guala Cabecirroja, Oripopo cabeza colorada, Aura gallipavo, Aura Gallpavo, Jote de cabeza colorada, Zopilote Aura |
| Swedish | kalkonkondor, kalkongam |
| Tatar | күркә-катарта |
| Turkish | Şahin, Hindi Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | катарта червоноголова |
| Uzbek | курка тасқараси |
| Welsh | Fwltur pengoch America |