Turkey Vulture
About the Turkey Vultures
About the Turkey Vultures
LIFESPAN: 20 years
MASS: 3.3 pounds
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cathartes aura
SPECIE: Bird
DIET: Scavenger
WINGSPAN: 160-183 cm
Turkey Vulture Nest
Turkey Vulture Nest
The Turkey vultures don't build nests but instead they lay eggs directly on the ground.
The Turkey vultures don't build nests but instead they lay eggs directly on the ground.
What They Eat
What They Eat
Turkey vultures eat decomposing animals and they also eat pumpkins, coconuts, jumper berries and grapes.
Turkey vultures eat decomposing animals and they also eat pumpkins, coconuts, jumper berries and grapes.
Where They Live
Where They Live
Where Turkey vultures mostly live in North America in the North part of Texas.
Where Turkey vultures mostly live in North America in the North part of Texas.
How They Attack and Protect Themselves
How They Attack and Protect Themselves
How they defend themselves is they like to stay in the air They sweep down on dead corps They survive by projectile vomiting to scare predators away.
How they defend themselves is they like to stay in the air They sweep down on dead corps They survive by projectile vomiting to scare predators away.
When/Where It Migrates
When/Where It Migrates
it usually migrates is in December\Winter but it can migrate in other months if needed to. They migrate in/out of America they are more migratory in the west than in the east.
it usually migrates is in December\Winter but it can migrate in other months if needed to. They migrate in/out of America they are more migratory in the west than in the east.
Migration Route
Migration Route
This is the migration path for the Turkey Vulture