carrion bird
Feeds on dead
A carrion bird is any bird that feeds primarily on dead animals.
Vultures are the classic example, but crows, ravens, and certain eagles also scavenge carcasses.
The term emphasizes feeding habits rather than taxonomy: Carrion birds circled overhead, waiting.
- vultureCarrion-eating raptor
- turkey vultureNorth American carrion-eating raptor
- scavengerSeeker of refuse
- crowLarge black corvid
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
buzzard · carcass · death · decay · corpse · rotting · circle of life · feast · circling · beak · talons · desert · bones · pecking order · roadkill · condor · dead animal · maggots
feeding strategy
carrion birdraptor
Hunting bird with talons
bird of prey · hawk · eagle · apex predator · falcon
ecological role
carrion birdpollinator
Pollen-transferring organism
songbird · life-giver · producer · hummingbird · nest builder
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