Cathartes (Turkey and Yellow-headed Vultures)

Genus

Turkey and Yellow-headed Vultures

Cathartes

3 species in our catalog · found in 136 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Turkey Vulture
LC

Turkey Vulture

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cathartes aura

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
LC

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cathartes melambrotus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
LC

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cathartes burrovianus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~40%
Jan
~50%
Feb
~50%
Mar
~50%
Apr
~40%
May
~40%
Jun
~40%
Jul
~40%
Aug
~40%
Sep
~40%
Oct
~40%
Nov
~40%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Turkey and Yellow-headed Vultures

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1
~90%
2 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~80%
3 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~80%
4 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~80%
5 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~80%
6 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States 1
~80%
7 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica 1
~70%
8 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba 1
~70%
9 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~70%
10 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~70%
11 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras 2
~70%
12 Paracas National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru 1
~70%
13 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~70%
14 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~70%
15 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~70%
16 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~70%
17 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~70%
18 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia 3
~70%
19 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~60%
20 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~60%
21 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~60%
22 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~60%
23 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama 1
~60%
24 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
~60%
25 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 2
~60%
26 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~60%
27 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~60%
28 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~60%
29 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~60%
30 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil 3
~60%
31 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador 3
~60%
32 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 2
~60%
33 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~60%
34 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~60%
35 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize 2
~60%
36 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~60%
37 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama 1
~60%
38 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 2
~50%
39 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 3
~50%
40 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 3
~50%
41 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~50%
42 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 2
~50%
43 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
44 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~50%
45 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
46 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~50%
47 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~50%
48 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~50%
49 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala 2
~50%
50 Congaree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
51 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~50%
52 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 3
~50%
53 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~50%
54 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~50%
55 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela 3
~50%
56 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~50%
57 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
58 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~50%
59 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 3
~50%
60 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 2
~50%
61 Irazú Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~50%
62 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru 3
~40%
63 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
64 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
65 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia 3
~40%
66 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia 3
~40%
67 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
68 Voyageurs National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~40%
69 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 2
~40%
70 El Triunfo 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~40%
71 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~40%
72 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
73 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~40%
74 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
75 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname 3
~40%
76 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 2
~40%
77 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~40%
78 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 2
~40%
79 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru 3
~40%
80 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru 2
~40%
81 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 2
~40%
82 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
83 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
84 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 1
~40%
85 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 1
~40%
86 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~40%
87 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~30%
88 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico 2
~30%
89 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 1
~30%
90 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~30%
91 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~30%
92 Podocarpus National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 2
~30%
93 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~30%
94 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States 1
~30%
95 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras 1
~30%
96 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico 1
~30%
97 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 1
~20%
98 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
~20%
99 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
100 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
101 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama 1
~20%
102 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
103 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
104 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
105 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1
~20%
106 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
107 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
108 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~20%
109 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~20%
110 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
111 Henri Pittier National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela 1
~20%
112 Chingaza National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 2
~20%
113 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1
~20%
114 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
115 Riding Mountain National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~20%
116 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
117 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
118 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~10%
119 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina 1
~10%
120 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil 2
~10%
121 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala 1
~10%
122 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 2
~10%
123 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile 1
~10%
124 Cajas National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador 1
~10%
125 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 2
~10%
126 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
127 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada 1
~10%
128 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
129 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
130 Huascarán National Park 🇵🇪 Peru 1
~10%
131 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
<5%
132 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
<5%
133 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
<5%
134 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia 1
<5%
135 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada 1
<5%
136 Lauca National Park 🇨🇱 Chile 1
<5%