n.
Any of 20 species of bare-headed, keen-sighted birds of prey found in temperate and tropical regions.
New World vultures (family Cathartidae) are 2428 in. (6070 cm) long. Old World vultures (family Accipitridae) include the smallest (20 in., or 50 cm, long) and the largest vulture species. The cinereous, or black, vulture ( Aegypius monachus ), one of the largest living birds of flight, grows to about 40 in. (100 cm) long, weighs almost 30 lbs (13 kg), and has a 9-ft (2.7-m) wingspread. Most species eat carrion, garbage, and excrement but will occasionally eat a live animal. See also condor , marabou , turkey vulture .