cathartid

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cathartid - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

Cathartidae, family Cathartidae - condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures

buzzard, Cathartes aura, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture - a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

condor - the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere

black vulture, carrion crow, Coragyps atratus - American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

king vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa - large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck

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An evaluation of patagial markers for Cathartid vultures.--J.

Novel tracking and reporting methods for studying large birds in urban landscapes

Cases of lead poisoning in raptor and cathartid species are frequently complicated by crop stasis.

Ingluviotomy tube placement for lead-induced crop stasis in the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

It got this name because when it reaches a corpse, the other cathartid vultures immediately make space for it.