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The role of olfaction in food location by the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Contributions in science, 1964
Kenneth E. Stager
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Notes Relative to the Sense of Smell in the Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes aura)

The Auk, 1888

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Development of microsatellite loci for two New World vultures (Cathartidae)

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Use next-generation sequencing to develop microsatellite loci that will provide the variability necessary for studies of genetic diversity and population connectivity of two New World vulture species.
Darren J. Wostenberg, Jennifer A. Fike, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Michael L. Avery, Antoinette J. Piaggio   +4 more
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Responses of turkey vultures to unmanned aircraft systems vary by platform

Scientific Reports, 2021
A challenge that conservation practitioners face is manipulating behavior of nuisance species. The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) can cause substantial damage to aircraft if struck.
Morgan B. Pfeiffer, Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W. Seamans, Bruce N. Buckingham, Joshua L. Hoblet, Patrice E. Baumhardt, Travis L. DeVault, Esteban Fernández-Juricic   +7 more
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A Recent Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis) in Maine, and Revision of Earlier Records

The Auk, 1911
Arthur H. Norton
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection in Bearded Vultures in Spain [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT We report mortality in bearded vultures ( Gypaetus barbatus ) associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza HPAI A H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, responsible for the current HPAI panzootic. Between April and May 2022, a total of five bearded vultures from Spain, four free‐ranging and one captive individual, were found dead in their nest or with ...
Martínez R, Agulló‐Ros I, Gonzálvez M, Ruano M, Zecchin B, Zorrilla I, Guerra R, Paniagua J, Cano‐Terriza D, García‐Bocanegra I.   +9 more
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Vultures and others scavenger vertebrates associated with man-sized pig carcasses: a perspective in Forensic Taphonomy

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2013
The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates.
Caroline Demo, Edison Rogério Cansi, Cecília Kosmann, José Roberto Pujol-Luz   +3 more
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Landscape transformations produce favorable roosting conditions for turkey vultures and black vultures

Scientific Reports, 2021
Recent increases in turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and black vulture (Coragyps atratus) populations in North America have been attributed in part to their success adapting to human-modified landscapes.
Jacob E. Hill, Kenneth F. Kellner, Bryan M. Kluever, Michael L. Avery, John S. Humphrey, Eric A. Tillman, Travis L. DeVault, Jerrold L. Belant   +7 more
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Aves vulnerables a colisionar contra torres eólicas en Rivas, Nicaragua, antes de su construcción

El Higo, 2021
Se aplicó un Índice de Vulnerabilidad de Aves (IVA) y Mapa de Vulnerabilidad Potencial (MVP) para determinar cuáles son las especies de aves más susceptibles a colisionar con torres eólicas y los sitios con mayor riesgo, en una central eólica al sur de ...
José Manuel Zolotoff Pallais
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Non-leucistic aberrations in the plumage of birds from Nayarit, Mexico

Huitzil, 2018
Abnormalities in the plumage are caused by multiple environmental and genetic factors. Plumage aberrations have been reported in Mexico, but all have been classified as leucistic (white color due to a recessive gene).
David Molina, Jonathan Vargas, Emmanuel Miramontes, Stefanny Villagómez, José Antonio Robles-Martínez, Jorge Luis Dávila-Santos, Carlos Villar-Rodríguez   +6 more
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