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	Old World vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
		They are not at all closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures and condors, and do not share that group's good sense of smell.
		Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_World_vulture (173 words)

	Vulture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New World vultures and condors are not at all closely related to the superficially similar Accipitridae, but belong in the family Cathartidae, which is quite close to the storks.
		The vulture population in India has declined by up to 95% recently and two or three of the species of vulture in South Asia are nearing extinction.
		The vulture was thought to be close to the gods who resided in the sky because of its immense size and its ability to soar high up in the sky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vulture (733 words)

	WINGMASTERS Species
		Vultures by contrast have straight, relatively weak toes and blunt talons that are designed to brace the birds as they pull at a carcass with their beaks.
		Because the turkey vulture and its tropical relatives the lesser and greater yellow-headed vultures are skillful at finding food hidden by forest cover, the tropical rainforests of Central and South America are well populated with vultures.
		Vultures deserve our protection, for their own interesting sakes as much as for any good they might do us, and in fact they are protected by law from shooting or harassment.
	www.wingmasters.net /tvulture.htm (5781 words)

	Vulture
		Vulture is the name given to a group of 15 species of birds in the Old World.
		Despite their powerful bill, most species of vultures have difficulty in penetrating the hides of larger mammals, and often have to wait for some decomposition to take place or for the activities of other scavengers, such as the hyena, to open the carcass.
		Unlike birds of prey, the talons of Old World vultures are relatively weak and unsuitable as weapons of attack.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/vulture.htm (213 words)

	Hawk Mountain old world vultures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vultures in the region appear to be a grave risk, from an apparently contagious and catastrophic disease that nearly has eliminated populations of long-billed and Indian white-backed vultures in the Indian subcontinent.
		Old World vultures in particular are facing a number of challenges to their existence.
		In all aspects of their life history, including foraging and feeding, bearded vultures are less gregarious than the other vultures in Georgia, and when bearded, griffon and cinereous vultures are found at the same carcass, the bearded vulture is dominated by the others.
	www.hawkmountain.org /raptor_conservation/old_world_vultures.htm (965 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The New World vultures, family Cathartidae, are superficially similar to large birds of prey, but are probably more closely related to storks, with which they share some anatomical and behavioral features.
		The Old World vultures, of the family Accipitridae, are probably descended from eaglelike birds.
		The American vultures also differ from the Old World group in that they have longitudinal, perforated nostrils without a partition and lack a voice, due to the absence of a syrinx.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/vulture.html (290 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: Old World Vulture
		However, unlike New World Vultures, Old World Vultures' sense of smell is not as highly developed.
		Old World Vultures have an uncanny ability to show up wherever there is a sick animal.
		Vulture knows when you are truly ready for change, for she watches and waits patiently, and when the time is ripe, she sees the death of the old and devours it so that it can be born again anew.” Copyright: “Power Animal Meditations”, Nicki Scully.
	www.funkman.org /animal/bird/oldworldvulture.html (309 words)

	vulture bird
		Large bird of prey of the old world vultures are related to hawks and eagles, they are mainly found in tropical temperate regions of the world.
		Vultures can fly effortlessly and are skillful at riding thermal updrafts of the mountains where it habitats, they also have keen sight.
		During the (Pleistocene epoch) period a vulture was the largest birds that ever existed, having a wingspan of 16 to 17 ft..
	animaltrial.com /vulturebird.html (252 words)

	Palm nut Vulture
		The Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
		Palm-nut Vultures are found in savannah, forest and around human habitation.
		This small vulture is eagle-like in shape, with less broad wings than typical vultures.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Palm_nut_vulture.html (187 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		These vultures feed primarily upon large game, from hippopotamus that of died of natural causes, to wildebeest which drowned during migration, to elephants, rhinos and any other sizeable source of carrion.
		Despite their ghastly habits, vultures are one of the fussiest birds when it comes to cleanliness.
		During mating season the vultures pair up and fly in giant leisurely circles, male and female so close together that their wing tips all but touch.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/african.html (406 words)

	Lappet-faced Vulture (Aegypius tracheliotus)
		The Lappet-faced vulture is an Old World vulture that gets its name from the lappets (flat overlapping and hanging pieces)on its bare, pink head.
		The Lappet-faced vulture is considered and Old World vulture because it comes from the "Old World", which includes Africa, Asia, and Europe.
		The New World vultures are found in North and South America, which is considered the "New World." The Lappet-faced vulture relies on sight alone to locate food, so heavily wooded areas pose a problem.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Lappet-faced_Vulture.asp (254 words)

	Black Vulture
		HABITAT: These vultures are found in lowland areas along rivers or in open habitats in the southern United States and throughout Central and South America.
		The young vultures fledge at about 3 months old, but stay with the parents in a social group for years.
		This species of vulture has benefitted from human activities and is found in greater numbers in disturbed habitats than in forested wildlife areas.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/vultures/blackvul.html (251 words)

	LESSON PLANET - Many 'Vultures' related web sites reviewed by teachers. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vulture * - Accipiitridae Vulture is the name given to a group of 15 species of birds in the Old World.
		Turkey Vulture Society * - One of the most interesting and skilled soaring birds in the world is the Turkey Vulture.
		Lappet-Faced Vulture - The lappet-faced is a typical Old World vulture with perfect adaptations for a scavenging life.
	www.lessonplanet.com /search/newsearch?media=websites&keywords=Vultures (478 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		vulture VULTURE [vulture] common name for large birds of prey of temperate and tropical regions.
		The Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) are allied to hawks and eagles; the more ancient American vultures and condors are of a different family (Cathartidae) with distant links to storks and cormorants.
		hawk HAWK [hawk] name generally applied to the smaller members of the Accipitridae, a heterogeneous family of diurnal birds of prey, such as the eagle, the kite, the Old World vulture, and the secretary bird.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=vulture (567 words)

	NewWorld
		Though they share a similar diet that distinguishes them from all other birds, New World vultures and Old World vultures are different in many ways.
		New World Vultures, being evolved from the stork and ibis family, have very weak feet.
		The chemicals in the vulture's stomach are so powerful that the animal's urine will kill whatever bacteria has clung to its legs, after walking through a carcass.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /newworld.html (285 words)

	Palm-nut Vulture - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Palm-nut Vulture (Gymnohierax angolensis) is a very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.
		This bird is an Old World vulture, and is not related to the New World vultures which are in a separate family, Cathartidae.
		This vulture gets its name from its favourite food, which, uniquely for a bird of prey, is not meat, but the nut of the Oil Palm.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Palm-nut_Vulture (249 words)

	Vulture Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Vultures are large, short-tailed, solitary birds of prey.
		Vultures are divided into two groups: Old World vultures (family Accipitridae, 15 species) and New World (American) vultures (the voiceless, hissing family Cathartidae, 6 species, including the California Condor and the Turkey Vulture).
		The Ruppell's vulture is the highest flying bird; one hit a jet at an altitude of 37,000 feet (11,278 m) in 1973.
	enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Vultureprintout.shtml (400 words)

	ANIMAL Teachers: Winged Ones: New World Vulture
		Old World Vultures use their feet for killing, unlike New World Vultures, whose feet are more suitable for walking.
		As odd as it may seem, New World Vultures are relatives of the Storks.
		New World Vultures use all their senses--sight, hearing, and sense of smell.
	funkman.org /animal/bird/newworldvulture.html (355 words)

	New World vulture
		The New World vulture family Cathartidae contains seven species found in North and South America.
		New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures or other diurnal raptors, which are in different orders.
		They resemble Old World vulture because of convergent evolution.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Cathartidae.html (55 words)

	Oregon Zoo Animals: Hooded Vulture
		Hooded Vultures are Old World Vultures and are not closely related to the vultures of North and South America.
		Like other vultures, Hooded Vultures, in spite of their apparently “unappetizing” manner of feeding, are actually quite clean birds and bathe frequently.
		To this day, the vulture remains an outcast, eating food from dumps; and he remains bald because the fire of the sacrifice scorched the feathers from his head and neck.
	www.oregonzoo.org /Cards/BirdsOfPrey/hoodedvulture.htm (930 words)

	Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The vulture is the biggest meat eater in nature.
		There are two kinds of vultures: New World vulture, which lives in America and the Old World vulture (on the right), which lives in Africa and Asia.
		The Old World vultures are related to eagles, but New World vultures are related to storks.
	www.zoroastriankids.com /vulture.html (120 words)

	Birds of Prey
		Accipitridae is a large family which includes kites, Old World vultures, harriers, hawks, eagles, and buzzards.
		Like Old World vultures, they're primarily carrion eaters and have more or less unfeathered heads.
		Unlike Old World vultures, they don't have a syrinx (voicebox), don't build nests, and their septum (the structure that separates the two nostrils) is perforated.
	www.seaworld.org /infobooks/Raptors/birdclass.html (568 words)

	What's in a Name: Vultures - National Zoo\| FONZ
		The English word âvultureâ comes from the Latin vultur, which in turn may be derived from vellere, which means âto pluck or tear,â describing how these birds remove bits of flesh from carrion.
		Gyps, the generic name of nine Old World vulture species, is from the Greek gups for vulture, one of several Greek words that refer to these birds.
		A griffon vulture is the first letter in the Egyptian hieroglyph alphabet, and the goddess Nekhbet, associated with rulers and at times representing half of the country, appeared as a vulture.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Whats_in_a_name/default.cfm?id=21 (471 words)

	Turkey Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Turkey Vulture is found in throughout the Americas and parts of the Caribbean
		All Vultures in the Americas are known as New World Vultures and have a different ancestry to their counterparts in Europe, Asia,
		After a meal of carrion, Vultures are known to urinate on their legs because their urine serves as a very effective antiseptic.
	www.pelicanman.org /html/Birds_of_Prey_1_Turkey_Vulture.htm (90 words)

	OldWorld
		For years, the two types of vulture were classified together as Falconiformes, but recently, they have been divided into separate classes.
		Old World Vultures, being evolved from the hawk and eagle family, have very strong feet and talons.
		Unlike their New-World counterparts, they do not posess a sense of smell.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /OldWorld.html (150 words)

	Black Vulture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Black Vultures are found in the USA, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America
		Against common belief, Vultures are clean birds and they perform a very important role.
		Their digestive system is such that it destroys bacteria and viruses that develop in dead animals and so Vultures help to stop the spread of diseases such as botulism and cholera.
	www.pelicanman.org /html/Birds_of_Prey_1_Black_Vulture.htm (97 words)

	Old World Aviaries: Backyard Birds
		Used to nest in the yard before the cat convinced them otherwise.
		The cat is really old now, so they are coming back.
		We get psittacine visitors, I suspect because they are attracted by the noises our birds make.
	www.oldworldaviaries.com /text/lewis/backyard.htm (285 words)

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