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Definition of Cathartes aura
1. Noun. A New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States.
Generic synonyms: Cathartid, New World Vulture
Group relationships: Cathartes, Genus Cathartes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathartes Aura
Literary usage of Cathartes aura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"... at my disposal some brief notes relating to the recent capture in Newfoundland
of a Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and a Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes aura). ..."
2. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"Of these, three occur within the limits of the Argentine Republic. 311.
Cathartes aura (Linn.). (TURKEY-VULTURE.) Cathartes aura, Sei. et Sah, ..."
3. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"RANGE.— Southern Canada south to southern South America. a. [Cathartes aura aura.
Extralimital.] b. Cathartes aura septentrionalis Win> Turkey Vulture. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"Cathartes aura aura (Linn.). ... The Turkey Buzzard of the southern United States
should be known as Cathartes aura ..."
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