Turkey Vulture Photo Gallery

Large with long wings. Black body contrasts with gray flight feathers and tail, and naked bright red head.

Large and black with browner back (especially when worn), naked bright red head, and pale bill and legs.

Juveniles have an ashy-gray colored naked head.

Immatures have the naked head dusky red in color.

Flies with a distinctive shallow "V" shape, and teeters side-to-side.

Juveniles have a dark head, lacking the bright red of adults, but share adults' underwing pattern and shallow V-shaped flight posture.

Large and black with bright red naked head and contrasting white collar.

Will perch with wings spread to dry off, or on cold days.

Sometimes found with crows at carrion or landfills.

Will flight with other vultures at carrion.

Sometimes roosts communally, sometimes in large groups.