Information about Cathartes
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus) Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) | ||||||||||||
The genus Cathartes (Greek for "purifier") includes medium-sized to large carrion-feeding birds in the New World vulture (Cathartidae) family. There are 3 species currently classified in this genus. Cathartes vultures occur widely in the Western Hemisphere.
While all species obtain a majority of their diet by scavenging, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture is known to hunt live prey in wetland environments.
All Cathartes species have featherless heads with brightly colored skin (yellow to orange in the yellow-headed vultures, bright red in the Turkey Vulture).
Systematics
Cathartes is the only genus in its family which is not monotypic.While all birds in the genus Cathartes share the common name "vulture", they are not related to the Old World vultures in the order Falconiformes.
References
Howell, Steve N.G., and Sophie Webb. "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America." Oxford University Press, New York, 1995. (ISBN 0-19-854012-4) Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
See below
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Ciconiiformes
Bonaparte, 1854
Families
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Bonaparte, 1854
Families
- Ardeidae
- Cochlearidae (the Boat-billed Heron)
- Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill)
- Scopidae (the Hammerkop)
- Ciconiidae
- Threskiornithidae
- Cathartidae
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Cathartidae
Lafresnaye, 1839
Genera
Coragyps
Cathartes
Gymnogyps
Vultur
Sarcoramphus
The New World vultures family Cathartidae
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Lafresnaye, 1839
Genera
Coragyps
Cathartes
Gymnogyps
Vultur
Sarcoramphus
The New World vultures family Cathartidae
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Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (November 19, 1775 - May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.
Illiger was the son of a merchant in Brunswick. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius
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Illiger was the son of a merchant in Brunswick. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius
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C. aura
Binomial name
Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Binomial name
Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Approximate range/distribution map of the Turkey Vulture.
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C. melambrotus
Binomial name
Cathartes melambrotus
Wetmore, 1964
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Binomial name
Cathartes melambrotus
Wetmore, 1964
Approximate range/distribution map of the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture. Yellow indicates presence.
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C. burrovianus
Binomial name
Cathartes burrovianus
Cassin, 1845
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Binomial name
Cathartes burrovianus
Cassin, 1845
Approximate range/distribution map of the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture. Yellow indicates presence.
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Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Greece.
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Scavengers are animals that consume already dead animals (carrion). Scavengers play an important role in the ecosystem by contributing to the decomposition of dead animal remains. Decomposers complete this process, by consuming the remains left by scavengers.
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Cathartidae
Lafresnaye, 1839
Genera
Coragyps
Cathartes
Gymnogyps
Vultur
Sarcoramphus
The New World vultures family Cathartidae
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Lafresnaye, 1839
Genera
Coragyps
Cathartes
Gymnogyps
Vultur
Sarcoramphus
The New World vultures family Cathartidae
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C. aura
Binomial name
Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Binomial name
Cathartes aura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Approximate range/distribution map of the Turkey Vulture.
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Aegypiinae
Genera
See text.
Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, buzzards, kites, and hawks.
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Genera
See text.
Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, buzzards, kites, and hawks.
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Falconiformes
Sharpe, 1874
Families
Accipitridae
Pandionidae
Falconidae
Sagittariidae
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that include the diurnal birds of prey.
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Sharpe, 1874
Families
Accipitridae
Pandionidae
Falconidae
Sagittariidae
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that include the diurnal birds of prey.
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