Vulture: Common name for several types of scavenging birds of prey
Vultures are large birds of prey that usually feed on the carrion or (dead or dying animals and rocks).
Vultures use their large wings to soar in the air for many miles without having to flap. Vultures are also called buzzards.
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| White-rumped vulture in India | |
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| Black vulture in Panama | |
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| Accipitridae (Aegypiinae) | |
Vultures from the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) are not related to the vultures of the New World (North and South America). They look quite similar, though. Both have heads and necks with no feathers.
Old World vultures are related to eagles and hawks and use sight to find their food. New World vultures use their sense of smell to find their food. Vultures symbolize death in literature.
King vultures use rocks to open eggs, they pick up a rock with their beak and simply drop or throw the rock onto the egg and breaks it.
New World vultures is a name which is used for a number of species in the Americas. The best known of these are probably the Andean condor and the black vulture.
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