It has black plumage, a featherless, grayish-black head and neck, and a short, hooked beak.

All species have featherless heads and necks.

Adult males, called toms or gobblers, have a large, featherless, reddish head, red throat, and red wattles on the throat and neck.

Vultures flapping, their white wings stained red; bloody, featherless heads tearing and gorging.

When the family dachshund goes out to stretch in the sun, a half-dozen birds swoop down and circle him, their backs hunched and featherless heads stretched forward quizzically, as if to say: "Dead yet?"

It has a black beard, a horn-colored beak, and a mostly featherless head and neck which range in color from red to blueish white.

Wil looked again at the misshapen bodies, the featherless heads and necks.

Bald Crow is a reference to its featherless head and somewhat crow-like appearance, especially its beak.

All Cathartes species have featherless heads with brightly colored skin, yellow to orange in the yellow-headed vultures, bright red in the Turkey Vulture.

The others just flapped a few paces before settling again, darting featherless heads and squawking challenges.