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New World vultures

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Cathartidae

Genera

Cathartes
Coragyps
Gymnogyps
Sarcorhamphus

The New World vulture family Cathartidae contains seven species found in North and South America. It includes five vultures and two condors.

New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures or other diurnal raptors, which are often classified in different orders. They resemble Old World vultures because of convergent evolution.

The five species of vulture are:

Turkey VultureTurkey Vulture Thanks to the USFWS : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae Cathartes aura Binomial name Cathartes aura Linnaeus, 1758) The Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura is an extremely graceful bird in flight. It seldom needs to flap Cathartes aura
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
King VultureKing Vulture : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Accipitriformes : Cathartidae Sarcoramphus papa Binomial name Sarcorhamphus papa ( Linnaeus, 1758) The King Vulture or American King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa is the most strikingly colored of the New World vult Sarcorhamphus papa
American Black VultureA common New World vulture, the American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus tends to have a more southerly distribution than its compatriot, the Turkey Vulture, which breeds well into Canada. These birds are found in open regions in the southeastern United St Coragyps atratus

The Condors are

Californian Condor Gymnogyps californianus
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

There is some debate over the scientific names of the Condors.

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