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| The Turkey Vulture is a large bird-of-prey (Family: Catharidae,
Order: Ciconiiformes). The vulture was named after the shape of its
turkey like red-pink bald
head. The rest of the body of the vulture is black. In flight, the
massive wings of the vulture are angled and the V-shaped wings of the
vulture is one way to tell it apart from other species.
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| The pink beak of the vulture is thick and curbed. The vulture's
nostrils are pervious, and now it is under Ciconiiformes (storks and
herons) by the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy which is adopted by the
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). The vulture is gregarious and
often found in groups.
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| The vulture was found feeding on the corpse of the dead animal on
the road. The Turkey Vulture is protected under
the law
in the States. The law prohibits taking, killing, or posessing the
Turkey Vulture.
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