Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
Recording AV#12597.
Chile: near Chanaral (-26.0, -70.5)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen
Recording Characterization
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AVoCet catalog # | AV12597 |
Audio duration (s) | 3.4 |
ID confidence and determination | 100% seen well |
Other noise | traffic |
Sound types present | wing noise taking off |
Grade of best portion | below average faint, noisy |
Playback used | no |
Individual Characterization
Age | adult Determined by: head color |
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Behavior | taking off from ground where had been waiting turn at discarded steak |
Group size | c. 15 |
Same individual as in other cuts in same spatiotemporal group? | same flock |
Environment
Recording date | March 08, 2011 |
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Time recorded (24h) | 15:49h |
Location | Chile: near Chanaral (-26.0, -70.5) Coordinates determined by: rough estimate from Google Earth |
Elevation (m) | 300 Determined by: rough estimate from Google Earth |
Habitat | trash heap in desert |
Additional Information
Recordist name | Pamela C. Rasmussen |
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Copyright/permissions | copyright by recordist; freely available for non-commercial use with attribution |
Recording Equipment | Nagra Ares BB+, Sennheiser ME-66/K6 |
Other recording notes | very close; much quieter than Coragyps atrata wings |

Audio recording file "AV12597" by
Pamela C. Rasmussen
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at avocet.integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu/recordings/12597.