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Cathartes aura

Cathartes aura

Aura(+87)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:299354747

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PROFILE

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(4)

Caribbean
Middle America
North America
South America

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 42 languages.

catAuracatspaAura gallipavospaspaAura tiñosaspaitaAvvoltoio collorossoitaitaAvvoltoio tacchinoita+83 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 42 languages.

catAura
cat
spaAura gallipavo
spa
spaAura tiñosa
spa
itaAvvoltoio collorosso
ita
itaAvvoltoio tacchino
ita
gleBultúr Turcach
gle
engBuzzard
eng
porCamiranga
por
engCarrion Crow
eng
spaCuervo cabeza roja
spa
cymFwltur pengoch America
cym
spaGallinazo cabecirrojo
spa
spaGallinazo cabeza roja
spa
spaGallinazo de cabeza roja
spa
spaGuala cabecirroja
spa
indHering Kalkun
ind
turHindi Akbabası
tur
Jeeshóóʼ (íiyisígíí)
nav
porJereba
por
John Crow
spaJote cabeza colorada
spa
spaJote de cabeza colorada
spa
Kalkungrib
spaLaura
spa
spaMaura
spa
Puka uma suyuntu
que
nldRoodkopgier
nld
eusSai papargorri
eus
Sayki
Sîqalka ciluq
kur
engTV
eng
deuTruthahngeier
deu
engTurkey Buzzard
eng
engTurkey Vulture
eng
porUrubu campeiro
por
porUrubu de cobra
por
Urubu penn ruz
bre
porUrubu real
por
fraUrubu à tête rouge
fra
porUrubu-caçador
por
Wiinaange
oji
porXem xem
por
Yryvu akâ virâi
grn
Zamuro Cabez Cora
spaZonchiche
spa
catZopilot capvermell
cat
spaZopilote Cabecirrojo
spa
spaZopilote aura
spa
hrvcrvenoglavi lešinar
hrv
hú∙šɨm
engjankro
eng
finkalkkunakondori
fin
nldkalkoengier
nld
swekalkongam
swe
swekalkonkondor
swe
estkalkunkondor
est
ceskondor krocanovitý
ces
slkkondor morkovitý
slk
meleagra katarto
epo
litpaprastasis kalakutinis grifas
lit
hunpulykakeselyű
hun
polsępnik różowogłowy
pol
lavtītaru grifs
lav
porurubu-de-cabeça-vermelha
por
wiru
catzopilot cap-roig
cat
srpĆurkasti lešinar
srp
ellΓαλόγυπας
ell
rusГриф-индейка
rus
ukrГриф-індичка
ukr
rusКатарта-индейка
rus
bulПуйков лешояд
bul
ukrкатарта червоноголова
ukr
srpцрвеноглави ћурколики лешинар
srp
hebקתרטס תרנגולי
heb
araالبُغَاث الرشيق
ara
araالنسر الرومي
ara
araالنَّسْرُ الرُّومِيُّ
ara
ترکی گدھ
araنسر رومي
ara
araنَّسْرُ الحَبَشِ
ara
fasکرکس بوقلمونی
fas
benটার্কি শকুন
ben
ടർക്കി കഴുകൻ
mal
ᏑᎵ
jpnヒメコンドル
jpn
zho紅頭美洲鷲
zho
zho红头美洲鹫
zho

CLASSIFICATION

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Source Information

Catalogue of Life

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The Catalogue of Life is building a comprehensive catalogue of all known species on Earth. It offers two types of releases that reflect different levels of quality. The Base Release is curated and verified by experts specifically for COL. The eXtended Release (COL XR) builds on the Base Release 2026-05-11 (COL26.5) by programmatically integrating additional data sources. It integrates information from 61504 overlapping taxonomic and nomenclatural global, regional, national and management data sources (checklists) as well as originating from digitised literature available in Catalogue of Life's infrastructure ChecklistBank. New names and other data included in the COL XR are indicated with the XR icon. This release addresses several gaps of the Base Release and also enriches the existing names with information such as authorships, references, and vernacular names. It also adds molecular data, such as barcode index numbers or operational taxonomic units, to the Catalogue of Life. Higher taxonomy is being added only in selected groups with important gaps. Meanwhile, the information from the global data sources of the Catalogue of Life Base Release remains unmodified. This enhanced process is continuously evolving and undergoing quality control checks by COL editors and its community. Due to its programmatic nature as well as the taxonomic and nomenclatural differences among the data sources used, some issues may arise. We therefore caution the user, and invite everyone to help log data issues in the [COL’s data GitHub repository](https://github.com/CatalogueOfLife/data/issues/new?template=xcol-content-feedback.md). We will do our best to resolve these issues as soon as possible.

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Abreu, C., Acero P, A., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (2026-05-15 XR). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgxsq

CC BYPublished 5/15/2026View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
299354747
Dataset Key
7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2481930
Taxon ID
5XG3M
Last Crawled
5/28/2026
Last Interpreted
6/4/2026