CARRION-EATING BIRDS

The majority of birds rely on insects for at least part of their diets. Insectivorous birds can get most of their water needs from their prey.

American Crow

scavenging dead fish

American Crow      Corvus brachyrhynchos

USA; California, San Francisco

Black Vulture

scavenging carcass of dead Raccoon

Black Vulture      Coragyps atratus

USA; Florida, Everglades National Park, Monroe Co.

Black Vulture

foraging on dead sea-turtle, bill in eye socket

Black Vulture      Coragyps atratus

Black Vulture

eating dead alligator

Black Vulture      Coragyps atratus

USA; Florida, Everglades National Park, Monroe Co.

Common Raven

four individuals on dead cow

Common Raven      Corvus corax

Fish Crow

next to large dead fish

Fish Crow      Corvus ossifragus

USA; Florida, Merritt Is. NWR, Brevard Co.

Golden Eagle

2 fighting over dead deer; 1 flying toward deer, one standing on it

Golden Eagle      Aquila chrysaetos

Griffon Vulture

3 adults at dead deer

Griffon Vulture      Gyps fulvus

Himalayan Vulture

two vultures feeding on a dead cow

Himalayan Vulture      Gyps himalayensis

China, Yunnan, Napahai

Hooded Vulture

at dead steer

Hooded Vulture      Necrosyrtes monachus

Lappet-faced Vulture

feeding on dead Zebra

Lappet-faced Vulture      Torgos tracheliotus

Ruppell's Vulture

on dead Hippo in river

Ruppell's Vulture      Gyps rueppellii

Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve

Slaty-backed Gull

four gulls on dead whale, with 25 Northern Fulmars

Slaty-backed Gull      Larus schistisagus

Russia, Bering Sea

Snowy Sheathbill

feeding on dead bird

Snowy Sheathbill      Chionis alba

Falkland Is., Bleaker Is.

South Polar Skua

eating dead Emperor Penguin

South Polar Skua      Stercorarius maccormicki

Southern Giant-Petrel

eating carrion

Southern Giant-Petrel      Macronectes giganteus

South Shetland Island, Hannah Point, Livingston Is.

Southern Giant-Petrel

with dead penguin

Southern Giant-Petrel      Macronectes giganteus

Striated Caracara

eating dead Gentoo Penguin

Striated Caracara      Phalcoboenus australis

Falkland Is., Falkland Islands

Turkey Vulture

eating dead fish

Turkey Vulture      Cathartes aura

Yellow-footed Gull

first basic (winter) plumage, scavenging dead fish

Yellow-footed Gull      Larus livens

Mexico; Baja Sur, La Paz