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Turkey vulture

Cathartes aura

Description:

Los zopilotes de CR son sumamente fáciles de reconocer, este, el C. aura con su cabeza roja, el C. burrovianus con su cabeza anaranjada y el Coragyps atratus de cabeza negra.

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6 Comments

Thank you Christy!

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 10 years ago

Nice series!! Love the preening pic! ;-)

Gracias intrinsic! Gracias Emily! Si, creo que los usaban en los adornos de la realeza egipcia.
Gracias Gilma! a veces no admiramos las cosas que son muy comunes porque estamos acostumbrados a verlas.

Beautiful creatures, when they do the extending of the wings, picture # 2, it is such an amazing sight.

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 10 years ago

Oh wow, so pretty! They really are majestic! Wonderful series!

intrinsic3141
intrinsic3141 10 years ago

I never thought a Turkey Vulture could look this majestic!

Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013

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