Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) approaches a black-backed jackal (silver-backed jackal) (Canis mesomelas) at a blue wildebeest calf kill, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Red-headed vulture (Asian king vulture) (Indian black vulture) (Pondicherry vulture) (Sarcogyps calvus), Ranthambhore, Rajasthan, India, Asia

White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) dominance display, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

An adult black vulture, Coragyps atratus, in flight at Golfito, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, Central America

South American black vulture, a common scavenger, at a river mouth; Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

South American black vulture (Coragyps brasiliensis) eating dead fish on a popular beach, Santa Teresa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes Aura). Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), Manuel Antonio National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Tarcoles River, Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Pied crow, Corvus albus, harassing white backed vulture, Gyps africanus, Zimanga game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and a skinny African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at waterhole, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

South American black vulture (Coragyps atratus brasiliensis), a common scavenger, river mouth near Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Adult black vulture (Coragyps atratus) on the Transpantaneira Highway, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

An adult black vulture (Coragyps atratus), perched in a tree on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Central America

An adult black vulture (Coragyps atratus), perched in a tree on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Central America

A turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight, Falkland Islands, South America

Black Vultures

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cinereous Vulture, Black Vulture or Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to Southern Europe and Central Asia, in captivity, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, native to southern Europe and Central Asia, captive, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Raven Vulture (Coragyps atratus), on swimming dead Spectacled Caiman (Caiman yacare), Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) on steppe meadow with crested lavender, endangered species, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, captive, Germany, Europe

Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) sitting on meadow, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), Mongolia, Asia

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) striding on the ground, frontal, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) drinking, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) portrait, endangered species, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) in flight, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA

Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), at the carcass of a Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer), in the background some White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) striding on the ground, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) with Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) portrait, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), portrait, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), juvenile, running, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) on the ground, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) on the ground, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Black Vulture or American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), portrait, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA

White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) on dead tree stump, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania