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61: 84:, from small mammals to large herbivores, preferring those recently dead to putrefying carcasses; it rarely kills prey itself. Populations appear to be stable, and it is listed as a 127: 92:. This photograph shows a turkey vulture in flight in Cuba. It employs static soaring flight, in which it flaps its wings infrequently, and takes advantage of rising 89: 104: 32: 27: 60: 80:, with a range extending from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It feeds primarily on a wide variety of 54: 108: 44: 39: 85: 99: 77: 68: 121: 17: 93: 81: 25: 128:Knowledge (XXG) Picture of the day January 2022 90:International Union for Conservation of Nature 8: 7: 24: 76:) is the most widespread of the 59: 1: 28:Picture of the day archives 144: 109:More featured pictures... 86:least-concern species 100:Charles James Sharp 98:Photograph credit: 78:New World vultures 55:Picture of the day 102: 135: 97: 63: 49: 38: 30: 143: 142: 138: 137: 136: 134: 133: 132: 118: 117: 115: 113: 112: 111: 64: 57: 51: 50: 47: 42: 36: 26: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 141: 139: 131: 130: 120: 119: 103: 96:to stay aloft. 74:Cathartes aura 69:turkey vulture 65: 58: 53: 52: 45:2022 January 3 43: 40:2022 January 1 35: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 140: 129: 126: 125: 123: 116: 110: 106: 101: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 70: 62: 56: 46: 41: 34: 29: 19: 18:Template:POTD 114: 73: 67: 33:2022 January 122:Category 94:thermals 105:Archive 88:by the 82:carrion 16:< 66:The 48:> 37:< 124:: 107:– 31:: 72:(

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2022 January
2022 January 1
2022 January 3
Picture of the day
Turkey vulture
turkey vulture
New World vultures
carrion
least-concern species
International Union for Conservation of Nature
thermals
Charles James Sharp
Archive
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