turkey vulture in English

noun
1
a common American vulture with black plumage and a bare red head.
For youngsters, there will be the opportunity to meet various birds of prey, including Simba the kestrel and George the turkey vulture .
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1. The Turkey Vulture could scent up to 10 miles.

2. Once he even took off after a circling turkey vulture.

3. Buzzard, any of several birds of prey of the genus Buteo and, in North America, various New World vultures (family Cathartidae), especially the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

4. Turkey vulture, also called Turkey Buzzard, (Cathartes aura), long-winged, long-tailed vulture (family Cathartidae, the New World vultures) that has dark plumage, a whitish beak, white legs, and a bare red head (black in immature birds) that is covered with whitish bumps.Its wingspread is about 1.8 m (6 feet), and its length is about 75 cm (30 inches).