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A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors ). [ 2 ] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe , Africa , and Asia ; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family .
The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is the most widespread of the New World vultures. [2] One of three species in the genus Cathartes of the family Cathartidae, the turkey vulture ranges from southern Canada to the southernmost tip of South America. It inhabits a variety of open and semi-open areas, including subtropical forests, shrublands ...
Likewise, the reduction of vulture species in India lead to the increase of opportunistic species such as feral dogs and rats. The presence of both species at carcasses resulted in the increase of diseases such as rabies and bubonic plague in wildlife and livestock, as feral dogs and rats are transmitters of such diseases.
A vulture fund is a hedge fund or private-equity fund that invests in debt considered to be very weak or in default, known as distressed debt. [2] Investors in the fund profit by buying debt at a discounted price on a secondary market and then using numerous methods to sell the debt for more than the purchasing price.
HMS Vulture, various British Royal Navy ships and one Naval Air Station; Vickers Vulture, a version of the Vickers Viking amphibious aircraft; ATE Vulture, a South African Army unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Boeing SolarEagle (Vulture II), a proposed spy UAV; Rolls-Royce Vulture, an aero engine developed before the Second World War
The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture in the monotypic genus Neophron. It is widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula , North Africa , West Asia and India .
[5] [6] The common name "vulture" is derived from the Latin word vulturus, which means "tearer" and is a reference to its feeding habits. [7] The species name, ātrātus, means "clothed in black", from the Latin āter 'dull black'. [8] Black vulture pair feeding on a mule deer head. Plate 106 from The Birds of America by J. J. Audubon.
The genus name Aegypius is a Greek word (αἰγυπιός) for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture (gyps) and an eagle". Some authorities think this a good description of a lammergeier; others do not. Aegypius is the eponym of the species, whatever it was in ancient Greek. [3]