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Cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Falconiformes, order Falconiformes - chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

cathartid, New World vulture - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

Cathartes, genus Cathartes - type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures

genus Vultur, Vultur - a bird that is usually restricted to the Andean condor

genus Gymnogyps, Gymnogyps - containing solely the California condor

Coragyps, genus Coragyps - a genus of Cathartidae

genus Sarcorhamphus, Sarcorhamphus - usually containing only the king vulture

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Odontophorus speciosus Rufous-breasted CH, S Wood-Quail CATHARTIDAE, Vulture 9.

Aves del Santuario Nacional Tabaconas Namballe, vertiente oriental de los Andes del Norte Peruano

Komar and Beattie (1998) noted that corvids (crows and their relatives) can disperse small bones over 600 m during normal scavenging activity, and New World vultures (Cathartidae) also have been detected dispersing large vertebrate bone (Reeves 2009; Spradley et al.

The Small Scavenger Guild of Massachusetts

Las otras 7 especies migratorias son: Tyrannus savana y Tyrannus dominicensis, pertenecientes a la familia Tyrannidae, la "garza azul" Egretta caerulea (Ardeidae), la 'guala' Cathartes burrobianus (Cathartidae), el "aguila pescadora" Pandion haliaetus (Pandionidae), el "andarrios solitario" Tringa solitaria (Scolopacidae) y el "degollado" Pheucticus ludovicianus (Cardinalidae).

Diagnostico socioambiental del Bosque seco subtropical de la cuenca del rio rancheria, la Guajira, Colombia

(9,15) Among avian species for which full electrophoresis data is available, tinamou values were most similar to those reported for raptors and Cathartidae. In general, the total protein level was slightly higher in tinamou than in raptor and Cathartidae species.

Reference values for hematology, plasma biochemical analysis, plasma protein electrophoresis, and aspergillus serology in elegant-crested tinamou (Eudromia elegans)

Search Specles Lists Legend Dashboard LC map Pcdaymbus Pied-Billec Podicpedidae 26 LC podiceps Grebe Map Ardea Great Blue Ardeidae 25 LC herodias Heron map Botaurus American Ardeidae 25 LC lentinginosus Bittern map Butulcus ibis Ceate Egret Ardeidae 25 LC map Casmecodius Great Egret Ardeidae 25 LC albus map Ixobrychus Least Bittern Ardeidae 25 LC exlis map Nycticorax Black-Crowned Ardeidae 34 LC nycticcrox Night-Heron map Cathartes Turkey Cathartidae 35 LC aura Vulture map Falco Merlin Falconidae 35 LC cclumbarius map Falco American Falconidae 36 LC sparverous Kestrel map Accpiter Cooper's Hawk Accipitridae 36 LC cooporli map Accipiter North Goshawk Accipitridae 36 LC gentilis

New map globally positions species

Livezey & Zusi (2007) em um extenso trabalho sobre filogenia de aves aproximam Falconidae de Pandionidae, e Brito (2008) em seu trabalho sobre a filogenia dos Cathartidae, aproxima Micrastur gilvicolis de Herpetotheres cachinnans, e levanta caracteres osteologicos importantes para a sistematica do grupo.

Cranial osteology of Micrastur semitorquatus Vieillot, 1817 (Falconiformes: Falconidae)/Osteologia craniana de Micrastur semitorquatus Vieillot, 1817 (Falconiformes: Falconidae)

Residency Vcgetational association ORDER FALCOMI ORMliS FAMILY CATHARTIDAE Cathartes aura (Zopilote aura: 1 7 Turkey Vulture) FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE Accipiter cooperi; (Gavilan de 3 Cooper - Cooper's Hawk) Parabuteo unicinctus; (Agulilla 1 5 rojinegra - Harris's Hawk) Buteo jamaicensi;.

Avifauna from Cerro EL Potosi, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico