July 6, 2025

I am known as a Turkey Vulture

I'm probably a migrant from some other place

If I was Costa Rican I'd have white lines on the back of my neck

And I'd have no white caruncles on my face.

Location: Sarapiqui River, Heredia Province, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Sources: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/turvul/cur/systematics#geovar

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