Editing Vulture (section)

== Old World ==
{{main|Old World vultures}}

The [[Old World vulture]]s found in [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]] belong to the family [[Accipitridae]], which also includes [[eagle]]s, [[kite (bird)|kites]], [[buzzard]]s, and [[hawk]]s. Old World vultures find carcasses exclusively by sight.

The 16 species in 9 genera are:
* [[Cinereous vulture]], ''Aegypius monachus''
* [[Griffon vulture]], ''Gyps fulvus''
* [[White-rumped vulture]], ''Gyps bengalensis''
* [[Rüppell's vulture]], ''Gyps rueppelli''
* [[Indian vulture]], ''Gyps indicus''
* [[Slender-billed vulture]], ''Gyps tenuirostris''
* [[Himalayan vulture]], ''Gyps himalayensis''
* [[White-backed vulture]], ''Gyps africanus''
* [[Cape vulture]], ''Gyps coprotheres''
* [[Hooded vulture]], ''Necrosyrtes monachus''
* [[Red-headed vulture]], ''Sarcogyps calvus''
* [[Lappet-faced vulture]], ''Torgos tracheliotos''
* [[White-headed vulture]], ''Trigonoceps occipitalis''
* [[Bearded vulture]] (Lammergeier), ''Gypaetus barbatus''
* [[Egyptian vulture]], ''Neophron percnopterus''
* [[Palm-nut vulture]], ''Gypohierax angolensis''

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File:Wiki vulture2.jpg|Some members of both the Old and New World vultures have an unfeathered neck and head, shown as radiating heat in this thermographic image.
File:Gyps fulvus feeding.jpg|Griffon vultures scavenging a red deer carcass in Spain
File:Vulture 19o05.jpg|Griffon vulture soaring
File:Vulture11.jpg|Vulture preparing to land in Kenya
File:African Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), Kruger National Park.jpg|African hooded vulture in [[Kruger National Park]]
File:White-backed vultures eating a dead wildebeest.JPG|A wake of [[white-backed vulture]]s eating a [[wildebeest]] carcass in [[Maasai Mara]]
File:White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) Flock gathered near carcass Photograph by Shantanu Kuveskar.jpg|Flock of white-rumped vultures in India
File:Vulture's head Park Mellat Tehran.JPG|Head of a vulture chick, Iran
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