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New World vulture

life science Maturity 7-9

These birds are called vultures.

Coragyps-atratus-001.jpg
Coragyps-atratus-001.jpg
They live in the Americas. They eat dead animals. This helps clean the land. They have heads with no feathers.
Coragyps-atratus-002.jpg
Coragyps-atratus-002.jpg
This keeps them clean while they eat. Do you like big birds?

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File:VultureBeak.png
VultureBeak.png
File:Coragyps-atratus-001.jpg
Coragyps-atratus-001.jpg
File:Cathartes aura -Santa Teresa County Park, San Jose, California, USA -adult-8a.jpg
Cathartes aura -Santa Teresa County Park,...
File:Cathartes burrovianus JJK'1.jpg
Cathartes burrovianus JJK'1.jpg
File:Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus) in flight from below.jpg
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes...
File:Gymnogyps californianus -San Diego Zoo-8a.jpg
Gymnogyps californianus -San Diego Zoo-8a.jpg
File:Vultur gryphus -Doué-la-Fontaine Zoo, France-8a.jpg
Vultur gryphus -Doué-la-Fontaine Zoo,...
File:Sarcoramphus papa -National Zoo -Washington -USA-8a.jpg
Sarcoramphus papa -National Zoo...
File:Breagyps clarki.jpg
Breagyps clarki.jpg
File:Coragyps-atratus-002.jpg
Coragyps-atratus-002.jpg
File:Andean Condor skeleton.jpg
Andean Condor skeleton.jpg
File:King vulture and black vultures feeding.jpg
King vulture and black vultures feeding.jpg
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