The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

Vultures are large, daytime (diurnal) raptors that primarily feed on the decaying flesh of dead animals, known as carrion.

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A search has begun for a vulture that has gone missing from a zoo. Harold the turkey vulture got caught in a gust of wind during a bird display at Call Of the Wild Zoo, Essex, on Monday.

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Black vultures are the smallest of the vulture species, and their wingspan is much shorter than a turkey vulture or California condor, but they are also one of the most aggressive species.