old world vulture
Noun
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Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia (synset 101619405)
is a type of: vulture - any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrionsubtypes:
- griffon, griffon vulture, gyps fulvus - 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
belongs to: accipitridae, family accipitridae - hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles
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