turkey vulture, turkey buzzard (Cathartes aura)

Query: Turkey vulture

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Subject:	turkey vulture, turkey buzzard (Cathartes aura)
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Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Catharista aura
Date 1825-1834
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 4
Old Latin name Catharista aura
New Latin name Cathartes aura
Common name Nederlands: Kalkoengier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catharista_aura_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100130.tif

The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow, is the most widespread of the New World vultures.

Turkey vulture
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