A turkey vulture standing on the ground can ... The tail is relatively long. The black vulture has a quicker, shallow flap, shorter tail, and obvious white patches at the base of the primaries ...

Estimates suggest that black vulture depredation results in the losses of thousands to tens of thousands of cattle in the US annually. Historically, black vultures were endemic to the southeastern ...

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile ... Like many other species of vulture, these birds feed on the remains of already dead animals, rather than killing prey themselves.