Description
English: Plate 6 in Volume 1 of The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and Bahamas by Mark Catesby, George Edwards published in 1754. Also mentioned as butes specic galls pavonis.
Date 28 May 2012
Source The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and Bahamas V. 1 (1754)
Author Mark Catesby, George Edwards
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turkey-buzzard.jpg

The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow, is the most widespread of the New World vultures.