The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

Multiple Types of Vultures Live in the U.S. Three types of vultures live in the United States—the turkey vulture, black vulture and California condor (which is a vulture bird, despite not having ...

Turkey vultures live in a range of habitats ... Like many other species of vulture, these birds feed on the remains of already dead animals, rather than killing prey themselves.