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A 2018 study by researchers at NWRC's Ohio field station identified turkey vultures as a significant risk to aircraft across the United States. Of the 11,364 bird strike records and 79 bird species studied, red-tailed hawks, Canada geese, turkey vultures, pigeons, and mourning doves have the most frequent and damaging collisions with aircraft. Black vultures are also high on the list for causing damaging strikes, but because of their more limited distributions, they are not involved in as many bird-aircraft collisions as turkey vultures. |
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Vulture Research Spotlight |