Vulture, Characteristics, Species, & Facts

Vulture, any of 22 species of large carrion-eating birds that live predominantly in the tropics and subtropics, classified in the families Accipitridae (Old World vultures) and Cathartidae (New World vultures) in the order Accipitriformes. There are 7 species of New World vultures and 15 species of Old World vultures.

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