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Turkey vultures are migratory in the west and north of their range where winter temperatures and conditions are unsuitable for year-round residency. In the south of the United States, and through Central America and much of South America, turkey vultures are resident or only partly migratory.
Turkey Vultures are an extremely successful and flexible migrant. Through analyzing their movement and migration patterns, we can begin to understand how they excel at these incredible journeys and further understand how changing environment and human influence may impacts the species.
One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands, pastures, and deserts. [1]
The female Turkey Vulture lays 1 to 3 eggs directly on ground in caves, crevices, mammal burrows, hollow logs, under fallen trees, or in abandoned buildings. The eggs are creamy-white with dark blotches around large end.
1 gru 2015 · We documented results of a pilot study to document the southward migration of Turkey Vultures at Auburn, Placer County, California in 2005. Monitoring of locally roosting birds and...
Species Migration Maps show the movements of a single species as it travels throughout the hemisphere each year. See where the Turkey Vulture travels throughout the hemisphere each year.
Here, we provide results of a pilot study to document the Turkey Vulture migration timing and numbers, and roosting activity, in the Sierra foothills near Auburn, California. Two of the three recognized subspecies of Turkey Vulture in North America migrate regularly.
