How to Use turkey vulture in a Sentence

turkey vulture

noun
  • Vlad, a turkey vulture who’d been hit by a train, was, in fact, female.
    — Emma Allen, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Black vultures and turkey vultures are the two main species in Texas.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The longer tail of the turkey vulture is rarely flared and appears compressed.
    — Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Hence a group of black vultures often will drive off a turkey vulture from a carcass.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The episode opens on a turkey vulture strolling around the property for his morning jog.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 29 June 2021
  • Turns out a pair of baby turkey vultures had hatched recently.
    — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
  • How to tell the difference between a black vulture and a turkey vulture.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
  • In the future, Graves hopes to look even deeper into the turkey vulture’s sense of smell.
    — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Unlike their turkey vulture cousins, which are easy to spot with their red heads, black vultures don’t always wait for their meals to be dead.
    — Sarah Bowman, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The turkey vulture, in contrast with the Bicknell’s thrush, is thriving.
    — Sam Evans-Brown, Slate Magazine, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The two most common in the United States are the turkey vulture and the black vulture.
    — Jerry Butler, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Other birds of prey, such as turkey vultures and bald eagles, also join the migration.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Another good example of adaptation of this kind of beak is that of the turkey vulture.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Above the media, black turkey vultures circled, which struck me as somewhat redundant.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 11 Dec. 2017
  • While the turkey vulture tends to forage alone, other vultures will gather to feed on a large animal carcass.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Unlike their less-aggressive cousin the turkey vulture, black vultures are known to gang up and prey on living calves, piglets, lambs and newborn goats.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Females are typically slightly larger than male turkey vultures, but coloration is the same in adult birds.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • To explore problem-solving in turkey vultures, researchers applied the classic string-pulling test.
    — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The black vulture has a black head and is different from the turkey vulture, which is the bird most of us in Alabama call a buzzard.
    — Ike Morgan | [email protected], al, 3 July 2023
  • Butterflies and hummingbirds flutter about and two turkey vultures—with their six-foot wingspans—soar overhead.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, turkey vultures, golden eagles, and hawks can often be spotted soaring above the arches.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Condors are easy to identify because their wingspan is almost twice as wide as that of a turkey vulture, which also has a bald head and feeds on carrion.
    — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Birds, from large raptors such as turkey vultures and golden eagles, to songbirds such as warblers, also feed off a mountain lion’s kill.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Unlike the turkey vulture, black vultures are bolder and may prey on living animals from calves, lambs, piglets, and other small critters.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Police said there were no obvious signs of injury, but there were signs of animal scavenging, likely in the form of turkey vultures.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2019
  • To regulate their temperatures, turkey vultures and black vultures urinate down their legs.
    — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
  • And there isn't much defense against black vultures and turkey vultures, both of which are federally protected and cannot be killed without a permit.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2019
  • The interloper is a large turkey vulture, this time unsuccessful.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The scavengers, for example, the turkey vultures or the coyotes that use roadkill as this resource, essentially.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Unlike turkey vultures, which eat carrion and do not attack live animals, black vultures target both living and dead animals.
    — Jordyn Hermani, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018

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