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On the other hand, besides the experiments of Audubon and that one by myself, Mr. Bachman has tried in the United States many varied plans, showing that neither the turkey-buzzard (the species dissected by Professor Owen) nor the gallinazo find their food by smell.

—The Voyage of the Beagle

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The Spanish-American name of an American vulture of either of the genera Cathartes and Catharista, as the turkey-buzzard, Cathartes aura, or the carrion-crow, Catharista atrata.

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The condor, gallinazo, turkey-buzzard, and caracara eagle (says Darwin) "in their habits well supply the place of our carrion crows, magpies, and ravens--a tribe of birds widely distributed over the rest of the world, but entirely absent in South America." — The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
From these facts, the condor, like the gallinazo, must to a certain degree be considered as a gregarious bird. — A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.
On the other hand, besides the experiments of Audubon and that one by myself, Mr. Bachman has tried in the United States many varied plans, showing that neither the turkey-buzzard (the species dissected by Professor Owen) nor the gallinazo find their food by smell. — A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.
These horrors were overcome by the distresses of our people, who were even glad of the occasion of killing the gallinazo (the carrion crow of that country) while preying on these carcases, in order to make a meal of them. — A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
From these facts, the condor, like the gallinazo must to a certain degree be considered as a gregarious bird. — The Voyage of the Beagle

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from Spanish gallinaza, a vulture, from Latin gallinaceus, gallinaceous: see gallinaceous.

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