| Vulture (n.) Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae. |
| vulture any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion |
| Old World vulture any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
| griffon vulture / griffon Gyps fulvus large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings |
| bearded vulture / lammergeier / lammergeyer / Gypaetus barbatus the largest Eurasian bird of prey, having black feathers hanging around the bill |
| Egyptian vulture / Pharaoh's chicken / Neophron percnopterus small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia |
| black vulture Aegypius monachus of southern Eurasia and northern Africa |
| New World vulture / cathartid large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures |
| buzzard turkey buzzard / turkey vulture / Cathartes aura a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States |
| black vulture carrion crow / Coragyps atratus American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard |
| king vulture / Sarcorhamphus papa large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America, have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck |