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Portrait of The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) also known as the Black Vulture, Monk Vulture, or Eurasian Black Vulture.

Gyps Fulvus flying in Cuenca region, Spain

Eurasian Griffon Vulture. The Eurasian griffon vulture is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. Massive tricolored vulture with whitish head and neck, pale brown body, and contrasting dark flight feathers. Juveniles similar but with a pale brown rather than white neck ruff. Nests in colonies on cliff ledges; often seen in loose flocks soaring over valleys and mountainsides but always in search of updrafts and thermals. Still the commonest vulture over much of its breeding range. Some populations are resident while others are highly migratory. Vultures are scavengers that eat carrion, including the remains of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. They use their sense of smell and sight to find food, and they often eat freshly dead animals. Vultures maintain a social order when feeding, with larger, stronger vultures eating first and smaller vultures waiting for scraps.

severe-looking vulture in black and white

Taken at a Private Game Reserve, South Africa

Portrait of a young Bearded Vulture in a zoo, cloudy day in winter

The Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), also known as the buzzard, is the most widespread of the North and South American vultures. Its common name comes from a bald red head and dark plumage which resembles that of a male wild turkey. The range of the turkey vulture is from southern Canada to the tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of habitats including forests, shrublands, pastures and deserts. The turkey vulture is a scavenger with a keen sense of smell and eyesight which enables it to find dead and decaying animals (carrion), its main source of food. In flight, they rely on thermals and need to flap their wings infrequently. The turkey vulture roosts in large communal groups and nests in hollow trees, caves and thickets. They usually raise two chicks a year which they feed through regurgitation. This vulture was photographed while flying over Campbell Mesa in the Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Ein Geier schaut direkt in die Kamera, sein kräftiger, gebogener Schnabel und die stechenden, wachsamen Augen dominieren das Bild. Sein Gefieder ist spärlich um den Hals herum, was seinen charakteristischen nackten Hals betont. Der Kontrast zwischen dem dunklen Schnabel und den helleren Federn verleiht dem Bild eine besondere Ausdrucksstärke. Der Geier wirkt aufmerksam und ernst, als ob er jedes Detail in seiner Umgebung beobachtet. Der dunkle Hintergrund hebt das Porträt des Vogels deutlich hervor und lenkt den Fokus auf seine faszinierenden Gesichtszüge.

Turkey Vulture in Flight at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Worm's-eye view on griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) looking down on prey against white background

Griffon vulture (gyps fulvus) makes an attempt to fly away.

Side head view of a griffon vulture or Eurasian griffon. This large scavenger bird is looking for a prey, dead or alive.

Estuary of Galos, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Black vulture - Coragyps atratus.

A selective focus shot of a black vulture

Shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of species such as this Black Vulture , marks Costa Rica as one of the principal Central America countries with a coastal territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled numbers and variation of birdlife

Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) looks very secretively into the camera in the gras in Serengeti Nationalpark

Turkey Vulture in Flight at Midday

Great Vulture bird in flight iaken in park in Spain

Taken in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

un portrait de vautour fauve en noir et blanc

Simple Portrait of Griffon vulture, rocky background. Gyps fulvus

To their scavenger practices is added the habit of adhering to their paws when they have heat a substance product of the combination of their feces and urine that helps them moderate their body temperature, since they lack sweat glands.

$Single king vulture run-up.\nSarcoramphus papa is a scavenger bird.$

Lunch of Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)

Vulture On Tree

Portrait of a black vulture bird of prey

$Taxon name: Turkey Vulture\nTaxon scientific name: Cathartes aura\nLocation: Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Florida, USA$

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