Definition of Family Cathartidae

1. Noun. Condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Cathartidae

family Capsidae
family Carabidae
family Carangidae
family Carapidae
family Carcharhinidae
family Carchariidae
family Cardiidae
family Cariamidae
family Caricaceae
family Carpinaceae
family Caryocaraceae
family Caryophyllaceae
family Castoridae
family Casuaridae
family Casuarinaceae
family Cathartidae (current term)
family Catostomidae
family Caviidae
family Cebidae
family Cecidomyidae
family Cecropiaceae
family Celastraceae
family Centrarchidae
family Centriscidae
family Centropomidae
family Cephalobidae
family Cephalotaceae
family Cephalotaxaceae
family Cerambycidae
family Ceratodontidae

Literary usage of Family Cathartidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family CATHARTIDAE Vultures are peculiarly formed birds of prey, having a bare head and neck, a lengthened bill strongly hooked at the end for tearing flesh ..."

2. History of Saginaw County, Michigan by Michael A. Leeson, Damon Clarke (1881)
"family Cathartidae. — The turkey buzzard, or Cathartes aura, is common in the county during July and August. They are entirely carnivorous, and come here ..."

3. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"family Cathartidae. Buzzards and Vultures. 2. Head not bare; hind toe equalling or longer than shortest front one. Family Falconidae. ..."

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