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From: andres@ut-sally.UUCP (Bennett Andres)
Newsgroups: rec.birds,sci.bio
Subject: Re: buzzards vs. vultures
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Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 15:01:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 15:01:30 1987
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In article <942@hoqax.UUCP> qaseb@hoqax.UUCP (BADIAN) writes:
>People often refer to the turkey vulture as a turkey buzzard, or merely a
>buzzard. Since I don't live down South where most of the black vultures live
>I don't know if they are called buzzards too. Identification is easy. Turkey
>vultures have red heads while black vultures have black heads. Both species are
>common within their ranges.

Black vultures have white heads,not black.Young turkey vultures also have
white heads. ID points are the almost all-black wings of the black vulture
(white only at the tips), its shorter wings and tail, and its flat profile in
flight. My guess is that people who usually call these birds buzzards don't
know or care that there are two kindnot