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Vulture Introduction

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) WikiC

And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, (Leviticus 11:13 NKJV)

Christian Standard Bible (CSB) “but these are the ones you may not eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) “but these you are not to eat: eagles, vultures, ospreys,
Easy-to-Read Version (ERV) “But don’t eat any of these birds: eagles, vultures, buzzards,
English Standard Version (ESV) “But these are the ones that you shall not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Expanded Bible (EXB) “But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures, ¹³red kites, falcons, any kind of kite,
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW) “But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
International Children’s Bible (ICB) “But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures,
International Standard Version (ISV) “You may eat all clean birds, ¹²but you must not eat any of these: the eagle, vulture, osprey, ¹³buzzard, any kind of kite,
Names of God Bible (NOG) “But here are the birds that you should never eat: eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
New English Translation (NET) “But do not eat these birds: eagles, vultures, black vultures,
New International Reader’s Version (NIRV) “But there are many birds you can’t eat. They include eagles, vultures, and black vultures.

Leviticus 11:18 and Deuteronomy 14:17 (NKJV) mention a carrion vulture. Jeremiah 12:9 mentions a speckled vulture.

All of these verses give us several different kinds of vultures.

vulture

bearded vulture – covered in Bible Birds – Ossifrage

black vulture

carrion vulture

speckled vulture

I am sure if I checked all of the translation available in BibleGateway, I would find some other type of Vulture. That might be a project you could do.

The vultures belong to the same family as the Buzzards recently written about. Accipitridae – Kites, Hawks & Eagles Family.

“A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey. The two types of vultures are the New World vultures, including the Californian and Andean condors, and the Old World vultures, including the birds that are seen scavenging on carcasses of dead animals on African plains. Some traditional Old World vultures (including the bearded vulture) are not closely related to the others, which is why the vultures are to be subdivided into three taxa rather than two. New World vultures are found in North and South America; Old World vultures are found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, meaning that between the two groups, vultures are found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica.”

White-backed Vultures (Gyps_africanus) on zebra carcass ©WikiC

From that description, again, you can see why those birds aren’t eaten. Eating something they just killed would be bad enough, but to eat things that had already died. That is not the kind of bird you would want to eat at Thanksgiving.

Here are some of the Vultures from around the world: