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DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — The Western Hemisphere from Patagonia north to south- 

 ern Canada. 



Breeding range. — The turkey vulture breeds north to northwestern 

 Washington (Bellingham Bay) ; southern British Columbia (Okana- 

 gan) ; central Alberta (Lake Astotin) ; Saskatchewan ( Muscow 

 and Indian Head) ; Manitoba (Duck Mountain) ; Minnesota (Elk 

 Eiver and Lanesboro) ; southern Michigan (Three Rivers and Ann 

 Arbor) ; southern Ontario (probably Harrow, Kerrwood, and Cold- 

 stream) ; and New York (near Canandaigua Lake and Westchester 

 County). East to New York (Westchester County) ; New Jersey 

 (Spring Lake and Newfield) ; Maryland (Easton and Cambridge) ; 

 Virginia (Hog Island and Hampton) ; North Carolina (Fort 

 Macon) ; South Carolina (Summerville and Sea Islands) ; Georgia 

 (Savannah and Blackbeard Island) ; Florida (Gainesville, Micanopy, 

 Seven Oaks, Passage Key, and Miami) ; Bahama Islands (Abaco, 

 Little Abaco, and Andros Island) ; Puerto Rico (Guanica) ; Guiana 

 (Georgetown and Cayenne) ; Brazil (Para, Parahyba, Goyanna, Rio 

 de Janeiro, and Santa Catharina) ; Uruguay (probably Montevideo 

 and probably Santa Elena) ; Argentina (Rio Negro) ; and the Falk- 

 land Islands. South to the Falkland Islands and southern Chile 

 (Straits of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego). West to Chile (Tierra 

 del Fuego, Chiloe Island, probably near Santiago, Corral, Temuco, 

 Copiapo, and Iquique) ; Peru (Arequipa, Talara, and Callao) ; Ecua- 

 dor (Jambeli Island, Las Pinas, Babahoyo, Gualaquiza, and La 

 Plata) ; Colombia (Santa Elena and Ocana) ; Costa Rica (La Palma, 

 San Jose, and Miravalles) ; Nicaragua (San Juan del Sur) ; Guate- 

 mala (Duenas) ; Oaxaca (Tehuantepec) ; Colima (Colima) ; Nayarit 

 (Tres Marias Island) ; Lower California (San Jose del Cabo, Vic- 

 toria Mountains, Santa Margarita Island, Magdalena Bay, Cerros 

 Island, and San Martin Island) ; California (San Diego, Escondido, 

 Fullerton, Whittier, Big Creek, Mount Hamilton, San Francisco, and 

 jjrobably Eureka) ; Oregon (Newport and Portland) ; and Washing- 

 ton (Camas, Kalama, Steilacoom, Tacoma, Everett, and Bellingham 

 Bay). 



The range as outlined is for the entire species, which has been 

 separated into several subspecies. The North American form, C. a. 

 septentrionalis, extends south only to northern Mexico and Lower 

 California. 



Winter range. — During mild winters some turkey vultures may be 

 found over a large part of the breeding range. Mostly, however, 

 they retii-^ southward. The following appears to represent the 

 northern limits of their normal range at this season: California 



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