Common in the SE US and in many parts of NC, Black Vultures can be distinguished from Turkey Vultures by their grayish-black skin on their heads. (Turkey Vultures have reddish skin on their heads.) Black Vultures also have a quicker wing-beat and shorter, broader wings. Also note the the whitish wingtips due to the light colored outermost primary feathers.
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 1 Jan 2009 | |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 1 Jan 2009 | |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 1 Jan 2009 |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 12 Feb 2014 |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 17 Apr 2005 |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Collier Co., FL 17 Apr 2005 |
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 5 Feb 2015 |
Black Vultures with American White Pelican, Wood Storks, Double-crested Cormorant, and a distant Pied-billed Grebe Ten Thousand Islands NWR, Collier Co., FL 4 Feb 2015 |
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