Old World vultures are scavenging birds that mostly feed on carcasses of dead animals. They find carcasses exclusively by sight.
Description
Many vultures have featherless heads
Species
- Genus Aegypius
- Eurasian Black Vulture or Monk Vulture, Aegypius monachus
- Genus Gypaetus
- Lämmergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
- Genus Gypohierax
- Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis
- Genus Gyps
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Indian White-rumped Vulture, Gyps bengalensis
- Rüppell’s Vulture, Gyps rueppelli
- Long-billed Vulture or Indian Vulture Gyps indicus
- Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
- Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- White-backed Vulture, Gyps Africanus
- Cape Griffon, Gyps coprotheres
Genus Necrosyrtes- Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus
- Genus Neophron
- Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus
- Genus Sarcogyps
- Red-headed Vulture, Sarcogyps calvus
- Genus Torgos
- Lappet-faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotus
- Genus Trigonoceps
- White-headed Vulture, Trigonoceps occipitalis
