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) ![]() | b |
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