Turkey Vulture

Where to see

Turkey Vulture

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Los Haitises National Park leads · 107 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Turkey Vulture during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~90%
2 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
3 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~80%
4 Península Valdés 🇦🇷 Argentina
~80%
5 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
~80%
6 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
~80%
7 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
~80%
8 Cabo Pulmo National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
9 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
~70%
10 Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
11 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
12 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~70%
13 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
14 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~70%
15 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
16 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~60%
17 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
18 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~60%
19 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
20 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~60%
21 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~60%
22 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
23 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
24 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~60%
25 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~60%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Turkey Vulture?

Los Haitises National Park

In Los Haitises National Park, Dominican Republic, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Turkey Vulture sighting on a given day, the highest of the 107 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Turkey Vulture?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are April–May, August and November in Los Haitises National Park (over 90%), December and January in Everglades National Park (about 90%) and January–March and October–November in Bahía de Loreto National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Turkey Vulture on a given day. Each park's Turkey Vulture page has the full month-by-month chart.