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Cathartes aura (turkey vulture)
Taxonomy
Vultur aura was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Cathartes.
It was recombined as Cathartes aura by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Hamon (1959), Campbell (1976), Amadon (1977), Olson et al. (1990), Steadman et al. (2003), Broughton (2004), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Cathartes aura by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956), Hamon (1959), Campbell (1976), Amadon (1977), Olson et al. (1990), Steadman et al. (2003), Broughton (2004), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Vultur aura Linnaeus p. 86 |
| 1930 | Cathartes aura Hay p. 311 |
| 1931 | Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1935 | Cathartes aura Schultz and Howard p. 275 |
| 1940 | Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 29 |
| 1942 | Cathartes aura Miller and DeMay p. 91 |
| 1956 | Cathartes aura Wetmore p. 35 |
| 1959 | Cathartes aura Hamon p. 533 |
| 1976 | Cathartes aura Campbell p. 158 |
| 1977 | Cathartes aura Amadon p. 414 |
| 1990 | Cathartes aura Olson et al. p. 8 |
| 2003 | Cathartes aura Steadman et al. |
| 2004 | Cathartes aura Broughton p. 17 |
| 2014 | Cathartes aura del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Cathartes aura Clements et al. |
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Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 [turkey vulture]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available