Turkey Vulture

The Turkey Vulture is equally distinctive, with a longer tail, long wings with silvery flight feathers, and a tiny looking head. In flight profile, the Turkey Vulture glides and soars with its wings in a shallow V or dihedral. When it flaps its wings it appears clumsy, the body moves up and down and the bird pivots along its body axis, appearing unsteady.

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