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English: Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura aura) in flight, Vinales, Cuba
Español: Aura gallipavo (Cathartes aura aura) en vuelo, Cuba.
Українська: Гриф катарта (Cathartes aura aura) у польоті над Кубою.
中文：​正在飞越古巴的红头美洲鹫（Cathartes aura aura）
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Source Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk
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Charles J. Sharp (1951–)  wikidata:Q54800218
 
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Charles James Sharp; Charlesjsharp; Charles James Sharp Bentley; Charles Bentley
Description British wildlife photographer
Date of birth September 1951 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 2003
date QS:P,+2003-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2003-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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creator QS:P170,Q54800218
Camera location22° 36′ 00″ N, 83° 43′ 12″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current17:23, 6 May 2023Thumbnail for version as of 17:23, 6 May 20234,277 × 2,851 (8.05 MB)Charlesjsharpreprocessed
09:32, 22 June 2020Thumbnail for version as of 09:32, 22 June 20203,756 × 2,504 (7.27 MB)Charlesjsharpfringes reduced
13:01, 11 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 13:01, 11 March 20203,756 × 2,504 (7.22 MB)Charlesjsharpreworked from RAW
23:11, 27 March 2016Thumbnail for version as of 23:11, 27 March 20163,811 × 2,540 (1.15 MB)CharlesjsharpUser created page with UploadWizard

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