Vultures
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Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Aves (class)
Descripción
General term referring to members of 22 species of large, carrion-eating birds that live predominantly in the tropics and subtropics of the New World and Old World. Although they superficially resemble each other, they are only distantly related, the similarities between Old World and New World groups due to convergent evolution.
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- vulture [en]