Turkey vulture | Black vulture | ||
Adult | |||
red head | gray very wrinkled featherless head | ||
reddish tarsi (lower leg) | gray toes (appear white from excrement) | ||
uniformly light gray remiges on underside of wings | outer primaries have whitish area on each feather more visible on lower surface | ||
yellowish white bill see-through nares | narrow bill yellowish brown on tip | ||
longer tail that extends well beyond feet in flight | short square black tail that extends to feet in flight | ||
Juvenile | |||
grayish head pinkish around nares | smooth black head | ||
black tip on white bill see-through nares | blackish bill with black tip (tip turning yellow as ages) |
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