Comparing Turkey and Black Vultures

Turkey vultureBlack vulture
Adult
red head
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
gray very wrinkled
featherless head
Photo by Jean Chamberlain

reddish tarsi (lower leg)
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
gray toes (appear white from excrement)
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
uniformly light gray
remiges on underside
of wings
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
outer primaries have
whitish area on
each feather
more visible on lower
surface
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
yellowish white bill
see-through nares
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
narrow bill
yellowish brown on tip
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
longer tail that extends
well beyond feet
in flight
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
short square black tail
that extends to feet
in flight
Juvenile
grayish head
pinkish around nares
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
smooth black head
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
black tip on
white bill
see-through nares
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
blackish bill with
black tip
(tip turning yellow
as ages)
Photo by Jean Chamberlain
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