The turkey vulture's diet consists almost entirely of carrion, which is decaying animal matter, like roadkill and human garbage. They will rarely eat live prey (such as sick or dying birds and rodents) and plants.
How are they classified? (1 point)
1: omnivore
2: Because 10% of the energy at each level moves to the next and some additional energy is converted to heat.
3: Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms. Producers are organisms that makes their food using the energy from the sun.
4: producer
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Turkey vultures are classified as follows:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Cathartes
Species: aura
To determine the classification of the turkey vulture, which is a species of bird, we need to understand the taxonomy system. The classification of organisms is based on a hierarchy of categories, known as taxonomic ranks. The most commonly used taxonomic ranks, from highest to lowest, are: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
According to the taxonomic classification system, the turkey vulture is classified as follows:
- Domain: Eukarya (comprising all eukaryotic organisms)
- Kingdom: Animalia (including all animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (consisting of animals with a notochord at some stage of their life cycle)
- Class: Aves (comprising birds)
- Order: Cathartiformes (which includes the New World vultures)
- Family: Cathartidae (referring to the New World vultures family)
- Genus: Cathartes (containing the genus of vultures, including the turkey vulture)
- Species: Cathartes aura (specifically referring to the turkey vulture species)
Therefore, the turkey vulture is classified as Cathartes aura within the taxonomic classification system.