One clip names both of them

13,948 views between them.

Black Vulture outweighs Turkey Vulture 1.2× — 1.9 kg against 1.5 kg.

Tale of the tape

Body mass

1.88 kg

🦅 Black Vulture · AVONET

1.52 kg

🦅 Turkey Vulture · AVONET

Maximum lifespan

26 yr

🦅 Black Vulture · AnAge

21 yr

🦅 Turkey Vulture · AnAge

Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.

Animals caught on camera

Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.

Shared ancestry

The closest group they share is Cathartidae (family), home to 25 species.

We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.