Turkey and Yellow-headed Vultures
Cathartes
The genus Cathartes includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. The three species currently classified in this genus occur widely in the Americas.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Turkey Vulture
speciesCathartes aura
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
speciesCathartes burrovianus
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
speciesCathartes melambrotus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cathartes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4755.