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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg/220px-Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg/330px-Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg/440px-Cathartes_aura_in_California1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Turkey vulture in <a href="/wiki/Morro_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Morro Bay">Morro Bay</a>, California </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Cathartes" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Accipitriformes" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_World_vulture" title="New World vulture">Cathartidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Cathartes</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Johann_Karl_Wilhelm_Illiger" title="Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger">Illiger</a>, 1811</small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Turkey_vulture" title="Turkey vulture">Vultur aura</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Linnaeus, 1758</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Species </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_aura" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes aura">C. aura</a></i> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a>)</small> <br /></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_burrovianus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes burrovianus">C. burrovianus</a></i> <small>Cassin, 1845</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_melambrotus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes melambrotus">C. melambrotus</a></i> <small>Wetmore, 1964</small></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkeyvulturerange.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/220px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/330px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/440px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1788" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Approximate distribution of the genus <i>Cathartes</i>. Green indicates that at least one species is resident year-round and yellow shows areas where one species, the turkey vulture, is a summer-only breeding visitor. </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The genus <i><b>Cathartes</b></i> includes medium-sized to large <a href="/wiki/Scavenger" title="Scavenger">carrion-feeding</a> birds in the <a href="/wiki/New_World_vulture" title="New World vulture">New World vulture</a> (Cathartidae) family. The three extant species currently classified in this <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> occur widely in the <a href="/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a>. There is one extinct species known from the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Cathartes</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a> word καθαρτής, for "purifier," referring to these vultures' role as "cleansers" that "tidy up" decomposing corpses in nature. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description">Description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first member of this genus to be formally described, the turkey vulture, was named by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a> as <i>Vultur aura</i> in his <i><a href="/wiki/Systema_Naturae" title="Systema Naturae">Systema Naturae</a></i> in 1758,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was eventually moved to the current genus which had been created by German zoologist <a href="/wiki/Johann_Karl_Wilhelm_Illiger" title="Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger">Johann Illiger</a> in 1811.<sup id="cite_ref-illiger_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-illiger-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The yellow-headed birds first described in 1845 by <a href="/wiki/John_Cassin" title="John Cassin">John Cassin</a> were not split into two species until 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Cassin_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cassin-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wetmore_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wetmore-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Systematics">Systematics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Systematics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Cathartes</i> is one of the five genera of <a href="/wiki/New_World_vulture" title="New World vulture">New World vultures</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">taxonomic</a> placement of these vultures remains unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-SACC_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SACC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the only genus in its family that is not <a href="/wiki/Monotypic" class="mw-redirect" title="Monotypic">monotypic</a>. The New World and <a href="/wiki/Old_World_vultures" class="mw-redirect" title="Old World vultures">Old World vultures</a> are similar in appearance and have similar <a href="/wiki/Ecological_niche" title="Ecological niche">ecological roles</a>, but evolved from different ancestors in widely separated parts of the world. The relationships between the two vulture groups is a matter of debate, with some earlier authorities suggesting that the New World vultures are more closely related to <a href="/wiki/Storks" class="mw-redirect" title="Storks">storks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007 the <a href="/wiki/American_Ornithologists%27_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="American Ornithologists' Union">American Ornithologists' Union</a>'s North American checklist moved Cathartidae back into the lead position in <a href="/wiki/Falconiformes" title="Falconiformes">Falconiformes</a>, but with an asterisk that indicates it is a taxon "that is probably misplaced in the current phylogenetic listing but for which data indicating proper placement are not yet available".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AOU's draft South American checklist places the Cathartidae in their own order, Cathartiformes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, recent DNA study on the evolutionary relationships between bird groups also suggests that they are related to the other birds of prey and should be part of a new order <a href="/wiki/Accipitriformes" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes</a> instead,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a position adopted in 2010 by the AOU's North American check-list,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and shared with the <a href="/wiki/International_Ornithological_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="International Ornithological Congress">International Ornithological Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Species">Species</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The genus <i>Cathartes</i> has three recognized extant species:<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:75%;text-align:center"> <caption style="background-color: #BBBBFF">Genus <i><b>Cathartes </b></i> – <small><a href="/wiki/Johann_Karl_Wilhelm_Illiger" title="Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger">Illiger</a>, 1811</small> – three species </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:15%; min-width:180px;">Common name </th> <th scope="col" style="width:25%;">Scientific name and subspecies </th> <th scope="col" style="width:15%; min-width:180px;">Range </th> <th scope="col" style="width:29%;">Size and ecology </th> <th scope="col" style="width:16%; min-width:112px;">IUCN status and estimated population </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Turkey vulture <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_vulture_(Cathartes_aura)_Orange_Walk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg/180px-Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg/270px-Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg/360px-Turkey_vulture_%28Cathartes_aura%29_Orange_Walk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3578" data-file-height="5366" /></a></span> </p> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_aura" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes aura">Cathartes aura</a></i> <br /><small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> <br /><br /><div style="font-size:85%;"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>Five subspecies</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>C. a. aura</i> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>C. a. jota</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">Molina, GI 1782</span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>C. a. meridionalis</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">Swann, 1921</span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>C. a. ruficollis</i> <span style="font-size:85%;"> Spix, 1824</span> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><i>C. a. septentrionalis</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">Wied-Neuwied, 1839</span> </li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td>the Americas from southern Canada to Cape Horn<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkeyvulturerange.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of range" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/180px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/270px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Turkeyvulturerange.jpg/360px-Turkeyvulturerange.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1788" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>Size</i>: <br /><br /><i>Habitat</i>: <br /><br /><i>Diet</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species"><b><span style="background: #006666;padding: 2px; color: #FFFFFF"> LC </span></b></a> <p><br />18,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Lesser yellow-headed vulture <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_(Cathartes_burrovianus)_(28695241483).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg/180px-Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg/270px-Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg/360px-Lesser_Yellow-headed_Vulture_%28Cathartes_burrovianus%29_%2828695241483%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3259" data-file-height="4073" /></a></span> </p> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_burrovianus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes burrovianus">Cathartes burrovianus</a></i> <br /><small>Cassin, 1845</small> </td> <td>Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of range" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg/180px-Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg/270px-Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg/360px-Cathartes_burrovianus_distribution.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>Size</i>: <br /><br /><i>Habitat</i>: <br /><br /><i>Diet</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species"><b><span style="background: #006666;padding: 2px; color: #FFFFFF"> LC </span></b></a> <p><br />500,000-4,999,999<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Greater yellow-headed vulture <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg/180px-Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg/270px-Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg/360px-Great_Yellow-headed_Vulture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="1795" /></a></span> </p> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cathartes_melambrotus" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathartes melambrotus">Cathartes melambrotus</a></i> <br /><small>Wetmore, 1964</small> </td> <td>South America<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of range" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg/180px-Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg/270px-Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg/360px-Cathartes_melambrotus_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1732" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><i>Size</i>: <br /><br /><i>Habitat</i>: <br /><br /><i>Diet</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species"><b><span style="background: #006666;padding: 2px; color: #FFFFFF"> LC </span></b></a> <p><br />between 100,000 and 1,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-birdlife_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-birdlife-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One <a href="/wiki/Extinction" title="Extinction">extinct</a> species, <a href="/wiki/Emslie%27s_vulture" class="mw-redirect" title="Emslie's vulture">Emslie's vulture</a> (<i>C. emsliei</i>) is known from <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Late Quaternary</a> <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossil</a> remains from <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, and it likely went extinct following the extinction of the <a href="/wiki/Megafauna" title="Megafauna">megafauna</a> whose <a href="/wiki/Carrion" title="Carrion">carrion</a> it would have fed on during the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a> extinction event, coupled with the subsequent loss of the <a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">savanna</a> habitats it would have favored.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_2">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/220px-seek%3D82-Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="161" data-durationhint="258" data-mwtitle="Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9"" data-width="1312" data-height="960" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="656" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="984" data-height="720" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="328" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="492" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm/Turkey_vultures_to_roost.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="492" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Turkey vultures coming in to the same roost they use for the season.</figcaption></figure> <p>All <i>Cathartes</i> species have featherless heads with brightly colored skin, yellow to orange in the yellow-headed vultures, bright red in the <a href="/wiki/Turkey_vulture" title="Turkey vulture">turkey vulture</a>. All three species share a well-developed sense of smell, which is rare in birds, that enables them to locate carrion under the canopy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Distribution and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The vultures of <i>Cathartes</i> mosty occupy forests of the Americas, especially Mexico, Central America, and South America. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology_and_behaviour">Ecology and behaviour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ecology and behaviour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While all species obtain most of their diet by scavenging, the lesser yellow-headed vulture is known to hunt live prey in wetland environments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White-rumped_vulture" title="White-rumped vulture">White-rumped vulture</a> (<i>Gyps bengalensis</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himalayan_vulture" title="Himalayan vulture">Himalayan vulture</a> (<i>Gyps himalayensis</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White-backed_vulture" title="White-backed vulture">White-backed vulture</a> (<i>Gyps africanus</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCppell%27s_vulture" title="Rüppell's vulture">Rüppell's vulture</a> (<i>Gyps rueppellii</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffon_vulture" class="mw-redirect" title="Griffon vulture">Griffon vulture</a> (<i>Gyps fulvus</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_vulture" title="Indian vulture">Indian vulture</a> (<i>Gyps indicus</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slender-billed_vulture" title="Slender-billed vulture">Slender-billed vulture</a> (<i>Gyps tenuirostris</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_vulture" title="Cape vulture">Cape 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title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Brasilogyps" title="Brasilogyps">Brasilogyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Breagyps" title="Breagyps">Breagyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cathartes</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cathartidarum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cathartidarum (page does not exist)">Cathartidarum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coragyps" title="Coragyps">Coragyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diatropornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Diatropornis (page does not exist)">Diatropornis</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Dryornis" title="Dryornis">Dryornis</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geronogyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geronogyps (page does not exist)">Geronogyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gymnogyps" title="Gymnogyps">Gymnogyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hadrogyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hadrogyps (page does not exist)">Hadrogyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuntur_cardenasi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuntur cardenasi (page does not exist)">Kuntur</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pampagyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pampagyps (page does not exist)">Pampagyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Phasmagyps" title="Phasmagyps">Phasmagyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Perugyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Perugyps (page does not exist)">Perugyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Pleistovultur" title="Pleistovultur">Pleistovultur</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pliogyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pliogyps (page does not exist)">Pliogyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sarcoramphus" title="Sarcoramphus">Sarcoramphus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vultur" title="Vultur">Vultur</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Wingegyps" title="Wingegyps">Wingegyps</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Accipitriformes" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>See below ↓</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Argentavis_magnificens.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Argentavismagnificens.png"><img alt="Argentavismagnificens.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argentavis_magnificens.png/120px-Argentavis_magnificens.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argentavis_magnificens.png/180px-Argentavis_magnificens.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Argentavis_magnificens.png/240px-Argentavis_magnificens.png 2x" data-file-width="2211" data-file-height="1785" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Accipitriformes" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Accipitriformes" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Horusornithidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Horusornithidae">Horusornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Horusornis" title="Horusornis">Horusornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pandionidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandionidae">Pandionidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pandion_(bird)" title="Pandion (bird)">Pandion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sagittariidae" title="Sagittariidae">Sagittariidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amanuensis_(bird)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amanuensis (bird) (page does not exist)">Amanuensis</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphiserpentarius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amphiserpentarius (page does not exist)">Amphiserpentarius</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Pelargopappus" title="Pelargopappus">Pelargopappus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secretarybird" title="Secretarybird">Sagittarius</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Accipitridae" title="Accipitridae">Accipitridae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>incertae sedis</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Amplibuteo" title="Amplibuteo">Amplibuteo</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aquilavus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aquilavus (page does not exist)">Aquilavus</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Apatosagittarius" title="Apatosagittarius">Apatosagittarius</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Aviraptor" title="Aviraptor">Aviraptor</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr>"<i><a href="/wiki/Cruschedula" title="Cruschedula">Cruschedula</a></i>"?</li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Dynatoaetus" title="Dynatoaetus">Dynatoaetus</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Gigantohierax" title="Gigantohierax">Gigantohierax</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gobihierax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gobihierax (page does not exist)">Gobihierax</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Milvoides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Milvoides (page does not exist)">Milvoides</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mioaegypius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mioaegypius (page does not exist)">Mioaegypius</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Miohierax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Miohierax (page does not exist)">Miohierax</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Necrastur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Necrastur (page does not exist)">Necrastur</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Palaeohierax" title="Palaeohierax">Palaeohierax</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palaeastur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaeastur (page does not exist)">Palaeastur</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palaeocircus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaeocircus (page does not exist)">Palaeocircus</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palaeoplancus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaeoplancus (page does not exist)">Palaeoplancus</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr>"<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palaetus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palaetus (page does not exist)">Palaetus</a></i>"</li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Pengana" title="Pengana">Pengana</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proictinia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Proictinia (page does not exist)">Proictinia</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Promilio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Promilio (page does not exist)">Promilio</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qiluornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Qiluornis (page does not exist)">Qiluornis</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Titanohierax" title="Titanohierax">Titanohierax</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vinchinavis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vinchinavis (page does not exist)">Vinchinavis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegypiinae" title="Aegypiinae">Aegypiinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aegypius" title="Aegypius">Aegypius</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Cryptogyps" title="Cryptogyps">Cryptogyps</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gansugyps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gansugyps (page does not exist)">Gansugyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gyps" title="Gyps">Gyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Necrosyrtes" class="mw-redirect" title="Necrosyrtes">Necrosyrtes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sarcogyps" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarcogyps">Sarcogyps</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Torgos" title="Torgos">Torgos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trigonoceps" class="mw-redirect" title="Trigonoceps">Trigonoceps</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Accipitrinae" title="Accipitrinae">Accipitrinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Accipiter" title="Accipiter">Accipiter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Erythrotriorchis" title="Erythrotriorchis">Erythrotriorchis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Megatriorchis" class="mw-redirect" title="Megatriorchis">Megatriorchis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aquilinae" title="Aquilinae">Aquilinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aquila_(bird)" title="Aquila (bird)">Aquila</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clanga_(bird)" title="Clanga (bird)">Clanga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hieraaetus" title="Hieraaetus">Hieraaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ictinaetus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ictinaetus">Ictinaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lophaetus" class="mw-redirect" title="Lophaetus">Lophaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lophotriorchis" class="mw-redirect" title="Lophotriorchis">Lophotriorchis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nisaetus" title="Nisaetus">Nisaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polemaetus" class="mw-redirect" title="Polemaetus">Polemaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spizaetus" title="Spizaetus">Spizaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stephanoaetus" title="Stephanoaetus">Stephanoaetus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archaehieraxinae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archaehieraxinae (page does not exist)">Archaehieraxinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Archaehierax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Archaehierax (page does not exist)">Archaehierax</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buteoninae" title="Buteoninae">Buteoninae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Bermuteo" class="mw-redirect" title="Bermuteo">Bermuteo</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Garganoaetus" title="Garganoaetus">Garganoaetus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buteonini" class="mw-redirect" title="Buteonini">Buteonini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Busarellus" class="mw-redirect" title="Busarellus">Busarellus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Butastur" title="Butastur">Butastur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buteo" title="Buteo">Buteo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buteogallus" title="Buteogallus">Buteogallus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cryptoleucopteryx" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryptoleucopteryx">Cryptoleucopteryx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Geranoaetus" title="Geranoaetus">Geranoaetus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Geranospiza" class="mw-redirect" title="Geranospiza">Geranospiza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helicolestes" class="mw-redirect" title="Helicolestes">Helicolestes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ictinia" title="Ictinia">Ictinia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leucopternis" title="Leucopternis">Leucopternis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Morphnarchus" class="mw-redirect" title="Morphnarchus">Morphnarchus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parabuteo" title="Parabuteo">Parabuteo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pseudastur" title="Pseudastur">Pseudastur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rostrhamus" class="mw-redirect" title="Rostrhamus">Rostrhamus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rupornis" class="mw-redirect" title="Rupornis">Rupornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Milvini" class="mw-redirect" title="Milvini">Milvini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Haliastur" title="Haliastur">Haliastur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Milvus" title="Milvus">Milvus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Circaetinae" 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