Old World vulture

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Old World vulture - any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia

Accipitridae, family Accipitridae - hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles

vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, griffon - large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, lammergeier, lammergeyer - the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill

Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Pharaoh's chicken - small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia

Aegypius monachus, black vulture - of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

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It is also known as an Old World Vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.

CARRION FEEDER

Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.

IMPACT OF HABITAT QUALITIES ON THE BREEDING ACTIVITIES OF HIMALAYAN GRIFFONS (GYPS HIMALAYENSIS HUME, 1869): A CASE STUDY FROM AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, PAKISTAN

The griffon vultures, large Old World vultures that face extinction, have decreased in numbers in Israel over the past few years due to poisoning, hunting and electrocution.