Neil Lucas / White backed vulture {Gyps africanus} on Zebra carcass. Tanzania, East Africa.

Jose B. Ruiz / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) pulling carcass to pieces, Spain

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Hooded vulture {Necrosyrtes monachus} Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Bengt Lundberg / Griffon vultures feeding at carcass (Gyps fulvus) Spain

Bengt Lundberg / Griffon vultures at carcass (Gyps fulvus) Spain

Bengt Lundberg / Griffon vultures (Gups fulvus) at carcass in snow. Spain

Bengt Lundberg / European black vultures feeding (Aegypius monachus) Spain Cabaneros

Dave Watts / Egyptian Vulture feeding on carcass (Neophron percopterus) France

Anup Shah / Ruppell's griffon vultures {Gyps rueppellii} competing for carcass and Marabou storks, Masai Mara reserve, Kenya

John Cancalosi / Griffon vulture displaying next to carcass {Gyps fulvus} Spain

Pete Oxford / Black vulture {Coragyps atratus} feeding on dead dog, Machalilla NP, Ecuador

Anup Shah / Ruppell's griffon vultures dispute on zebra kill {Gyps rueppellii} Masai Mara, Kenya

John Cancalosi / Bearded vulture (Bearded vulture) {Gypaetus barbatus}, specialist feeding on bone, Spain

Mike Wilkes / Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) feeding on racoon. Florida, USA

Bengt Lundberg / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) and Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), Pyrenees, Spain, Europe

Richard Du Toit / White backed vultures (Gyps africanus) on giraffe kill. Malamala GR, South Africa

Bernard Castelein / Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) feeding on carcass, Serengeti NP, Tanzania.

Jose B. Ruiz / Egyptian vulture feeding on sheep carcass, Monfrague Natural Park, Extremadura, Spain.

Barrie Britton / Lappet faced vultures feeding, Masi Mara, Kenya, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Lappet Faced Vulture scavenging dead zebra

Staffan Widstrand / Ruppells griffon vultures feed on carcass {Gyps rueppellii} Kenya

Anup Shah / Head profile of Hooded vulture {Necrosyrtes monachus} Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Winfried Wisniewski / Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) group perching on log, Africa

Pete Oxford / Long billed vultures {Gyps indicus} feed on dead Buffalo Rajasthan, India

Nick Gordon / Black vultures scavenging on rubbish tip Brazil

Nick Gordon / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) scavenging on tip. Brazil, South America

Peter Bassett / Black vultures scavenging on rubbish tip Manaus Brazil

Pete Oxford / Large flock of White backed vultures {Gyps africanus} feeding on elephant carcass, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern Africa.

Pete Oxford / White backed vulture feeding on elephant carcass. Linyanti, Botswana, Southern Africa

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vultures scavenging at carcass, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) preening in tree, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Man feeding flock of Hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus) in tourist lodge garden, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) on lawn of tourist lodge, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) preening in tree, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in flight, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) drying wings in tree after bathing, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) feeding on rubbish on beach, The Gambia, December

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) sunning on lawn of tourist lodge, The Gambia, December

Doug Wechsler / Black Vultures {Coragyps atratus} squabbling and shoving on dead Alligator, Big Cypress NP, Florida, USA

Pete Oxford / Hooded vulture perched in a tree. {Necrosyrtes monachus} Okavango Delta Botswana.

Rod Williams / Female Hooded vulture C {Necrosyrtes monachus} occurs in E and S Africa

Mike Wilkes / Hooded vulture in flight {Necrosyrtes monachus} Gambia West Africa

Carine Schrurs / Ruppells griffon vultures {Gyps rueppellii} on drowned Wildebeest. Masai Mara Kenya

Carine Schrurs / Ruppells griffon vulture {Gyps rueppellii} feeds on drowned Wildebeest. Masai Mara Kenya

Carine Schrurs / Ruppells griffon vulture {Gyps rueppellii} feeds on drowned Wildebeest. Masai Mara Kenya

Carine Schrurs / Ruppells griffon vulture {Gyps rueppellii} feeds on drowned Wildebeest. Masai Mara Kenya

Bernard Castelein / Hooded vulture feeding. (Necrosyrtes monachus) Tanzania Senengeti NP

Elio Della Ferrera / Indian white backed vulture juveniles feed on cattle {Gyps bengalensis} Thar desert, India

Mike Wilkes / Ruppells griffon vultures feed on zebra carcass {Gyps rueppellii} Serengeti Tanzania

Mike Wilkes / Ruppells griffon vultures feed on zebra carcass {Gups rueppellii} Serengeti Tanzania