Cathartes aura
Category: Birds of Prey
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Cathartidae
- Genus
- Cathartes
Where to Find
Found in 19 mountain areas across 12 countries and 5 regions.
- Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic - 2 records
- Lublin Voivodeship, Poland - 1 records
- Region of Žilina, Slovakia - 1 records
- Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - 3 records
- New Hampshire, United States - 3 records
- West Virginia, United States - 1 records
- Michigan, United States - 5 records
- Kainuu, Finland - 1 records
- Akershus, Norway - 3 records
- Nordland, Norway - 1 records
- Norrbotten County, Sweden - 5 records
- Norrbotten County, Sweden - 1 records
- Tyrol, Austria - 4 records
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France - 1 records
- Bourgogne – Franche-Comté, France - 1 records
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 1 records
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 1 records
- Marche, Italy - 1 records
- Slovenia, Slovenia - 1 records