turkey buzzard, noun phrase

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EnglishShow more Transferred use of general English turkey-buzzard a name for the vulture Cathartes aura of Central and South America.
The bromvoël, Bucorvus leadbeateri.
1853 F.P. Fleming Kaffraria 71The Broem Vogel, so called from the curious noise it makes, somewhat like a double repetition ‘Broem Broem,’ is the..Turkey Buzzard or Turkey Vulture.
1899 R.B. & J.D.S. Woodward Natal Birds 97 (Pettman)This is a ground bird and not generally recognized as a ‘Hornbill,’ being known amongst colonists as the Turkey Buzzard.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 91Brom vogel,..Bucorax cafer — the Turkey Buzzard.
1931 Guide to Vertebrate Fauna of E. Cape Prov. (Albany Museum) I. 153Bucorvus cafer..Ground Hornbill (Turkey Buzzard, Wild Turkey)...Throat naked and wattled, the bare skin on throat and around eyes being red.
1983 K.B. Newman Newman’s Birds 445Turkey Buzzard. Erroneous name for Ground Hornbill.
The bromvoël, Bucorvus leadbeateri.
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