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Summary
The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures, from southern Canada to the southern most tip of South America. Like all New World vultures, it isn't closely related to Old World vultures of Europe, Africa and Asia. Instead, these groups strongly resemble each other because of convergent evolution (i.e., independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages).
Tags
turkey vulture
scavenger
vulture
bird
birdwatching
wildlife
animal
cathartes aura
turkey buzzard
buzzard
john crow
carrion crow
carrion
cuyahoga valley national park
new world vultures
old world vultures
convergent evolution
south america
evolution
national parks gallery
ohio
birds
beak
Date
2015
Source
National Parks Gallery
Link
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