The resident biologist at Flamingo Gardens tells me this color Turkey Vulture is only found in the southernmost portion of it's range, in the Florida Keys. I need to ask him about the Turkey Vultures in South America. Is this an adaptation to keep cool?
Guyana,Peru,Argentina,Netherlands Antilles,Brazil,Paraguay,Ecuador,Jamaica,Belize,Bahamas, Chile,French Guiana,Haiti,Costa Rica,Panama,Uruguay,Puerto Rico,Trinidad and Tobago,Suriname,Guatemala, Honduras,Nicaragua,Mexico,El Salvador,Cuba,Bolivia,Canada,Dominican Republic,Colombia,Venezuela, United States mainland,
IOU 3.1 Subspecies
Group
Subspecies
Range
aura
w North America to Costa Rica, Greater Antilles
jota
Pacific coast from Colombia to Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
