https://bird-brain.org/2026/08/16/new-world-vultures-part-3/Bird Brainen2026-08-16T19:19:51+00:00New World Vultures, Part 3nature, birding, birds, wildlife, animals, migration, vultures, prey, nesting, biparental care, gular pouch, foraging, altricial, habitat, anisodactyl toes, Turkey Vulture, taxonomy, etymology, conservation status, LC (Least Concern), conspecifics, culmen, monotypic, soaring, flapping flight, Linnaeus (taxonomist Carl), capillaries, Cathartes aura, distribution (of vultures), perforate nostrils, urohidrosis, New World Vultures, thermal air currents, facultative short-distance migrants, dorsal, dihedral, remiges and remex, deflection, stooping (dive), vasodilate, rectrices and rectrix, convection, ectoparasite, scapular, subcutaneous, secondary feathers, leading edge, leucism versus albinism, tertial feathers, vascularize, ventral, trailing edge, allopreen, gliding, primary feathers, obligate long-distance migrants, syrinx, dominance hierarchy, updrafts, powered (flapping) flight, Illiger (zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm), Cathartiformes order, Linnaean, Cathartidae family, von Humboldt (explorer and naturalist Alexander), locomotion (flight)https://bird-brain.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/00-tuvu-s-dscn1490-cr-pe_resized.png?w=150