Old World vulture

English

white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus)

Noun

Old World vulture (plural Old World vultures)

1. Any of the large scavenging birds found in the Old World and belonging to the family Accipitridae.

Coordinate terms

• New World vulture

Translations

large scavenging bird

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舊大陸禿鹫 / 旧大陆秃鹫 (Jiù Dàlù tūjiù)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: gier van de Oude Wereld
• Finnish: korppikotka (fi)
• Italian: avvoltoio (it)
• Japanese: 禿鷲 (ja) (ハゲワシ, hagewashi)
• Korean: 구세계독수리 (gusegyedoksuri)
• Navajo: tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ jeeshóóʼ
• Portuguese: abutre-do-velho-mundo m

References

• Old World vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Accipitridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Accipitridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons