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National Park  Image of: Vulture, Black   © Parks Canada
Vulture, Black (Provincial Rarety) -Coragyps atratus (Bechstein)
Bare head and neck mark it as a vulture. Differs from Turkey
Vulture in somewhat smaller size; black instead of red head,
long narrow nostrils; relatively shorter wing (longest primaries
little longer than largest secondaries); shorter tail (less than
half the length of the folded wing instead of more than half);
and square instead of rounded tail. In flight the Black Vulture
shows a light area near end of each wing and a shorter square-
tipped (not rounded) tail; also its flaps are more rapid.