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In our exploration of birds that are named after other animals we’ve met insects, mammals and molluscs, but today we’re meeting a bird that is named after a different bird: the Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). They’re so named because their red wrinkled head supposedly resembles a Turkey. Of course, Vultures lost their head feathers some years ago as anContinue reading “Bird 198 – Turkey Vulture”