Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm.
Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable |
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- | - | - |
Year | Category | Criteria |
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2018 | Least Concern | |
2016 | Least Concern | |
2012 | Least Concern | |
2009 | Least Concern | |
2008 | Least Concern | |
2004 | Least Concern | |
2000 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
1994 | Lower Risk/Least Concern | |
1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Migratory status | full migrant | Forest dependency | low |
Land-mass type | Average mass | - |
Estimate | Data quality | |
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Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) | 47,100,000 km2 | medium |
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) | 40,200,000 km2 | medium |
Severely fragmented? | no | - |
Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population size | unknown | poor | estimated | 2009 |
Population trend | stable | - | estimated | - |
Generation length | 9.9 years | - | - | - |
Trend justification: The overall trend is likely to be stable. This species has undergone a large and statistically significant increase over the last 40 years in North America (161% increase over 40 years, equating to a 27.1% increase per decade; data from Breeding Bird Survey and/or Christmas Bird Count: Butcher and Niven 2007). Note, however, that these surveys cover less than 50% of the species's range in North America.
Country/Territory | Presence | Origin | Resident | Breeding visitor | Non-breeding visitor | Passage migrant |
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Argentina | extant | native | ||||
Aruba (to Netherlands) | extant | native | yes | |||
Bahamas | extant | native | ||||
Belize | extant | native | ||||
Bermuda (to UK) | extant | vagrant | ||||
Bolivia | extant | native | ||||
Brazil | extant | native | ||||
Canada | extant | native | yes | yes | ||
Cayman Islands (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
Chile | extant | native | ||||
Colombia | extant | native | ||||
Costa Rica | extant | native | yes | |||
Cuba | extant | native | ||||
Dominican Republic | extant | native | ||||
Ecuador | extant | native | ||||
El Salvador | extant | native | ||||
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | extant | native | ||||
French Guiana | extant | native | ||||
Guatemala | extant | native | ||||
Guyana | extant | native | ||||
Haiti | extant | native | ||||
Honduras | extant | native | ||||
Jamaica | extant | native | yes | |||
Mexico | extant | native | ||||
Nicaragua | extant | native | ||||
Panama | extant | native | ||||
Paraguay | extant | native | ||||
Peru | extant | native | ||||
Puerto Rico (to USA) | extant | native | ||||
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands | extant | native | ||||
Suriname | extant | native | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | extant | native | ||||
Turks and Caicos Islands (to UK) | extant | native | ||||
Uruguay | extant | native | yes | |||
USA | extant | native | yes | |||
Venezuela | extant | native | ||||
Virgin Islands (to USA) | extant | vagrant |
Country/Territory | IBA Name |
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Mexico | Centro de Veracruz |
Mexico | Istmo de Tehuantepec - Mar Muerto |
Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Pastureland | suitable | non-breeding |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Pastureland | suitable | breeding |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest | suitable | non-breeding |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest | suitable | breeding |
Desert | Hot | suitable | non-breeding |
Desert | Hot | suitable | breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | suitable | non-breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | suitable | breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | suitable | non-breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland | suitable | breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane | suitable | non-breeding |
Forest | Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane | suitable | breeding |
Forest | Temperate | suitable | non-breeding |
Forest | Temperate | suitable | breeding |
Grassland | Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded | suitable | non-breeding |
Grassland | Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded | suitable | breeding |
Shrubland | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | suitable | non-breeding |
Shrubland | Subtropical/Tropical Dry | suitable | breeding |
Altitude | 0 - 4300 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Purpose | Scale |
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Food - human | subsistence, national |
Pets/display animals, horticulture | international |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura on 24/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 24/12/2024.