| Description:
22-24" Black with white patch near each wing tip,
conspicuous in flight, grayish feet extend beyond the
short tail, flaps its shorter and rounder wings more often
and more rapidly than the Turkey Vulture |
Habitat:
Less common than Turkey Vulture, except along coast. Found in open country and around garbage dumps and fishing wharves. Flies on flat wings with 4-5 quick
wing beats between glides. Stubby appearance with very short tail. |
| Nesting:
2 white or gray-green eggs, blotched with brown under
a bush, in a hollow log, or in a cave |
Range:
more or less resident of Texas, and Arkansas, north to
New Jersey, south to Florida, also in tropics |
| Voice:
hisses, grunts, seldom heard |
Diet:
Occasionally capture young birds, small mammals, other vertebrates. Depend more on sight for finding food than do Turkey Vultures. Young fed
regurgitant, carrion |
