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 FranciscoBlack 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, NapahaiHooded 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 ReserveSlaty-backed Gull
four gulls on dead whale, with 25 Northern Fulmars

Slaty-backed Gull      Larus schistisagus
Russia, Bering SeaSnowy 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 IslandsTurkey 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 Ceryle rudis Republic of South Africa, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Prov.Pigeon Guillemot
Flying over water with fish in its mouth

Pigeon Guillemot      Cepphus columba
Canada; British Columbia, VictoriaRed-throated Loon
Adult with fish

Red-throated Loon      Gavia stellata
Finland, VaalaRuddy Turnstone
feeding on fish head

Ruddy Turnstone      Arenaria interpres
USA; Texas, High IslandSnowy Egret
baitfish in bill

Snowy Egret      Egretta thula
USA; Florida, Sanibel Island, Lee Co.Tufted Puffin
head-shot, beak full of fish

Tufted Puffin      Fratercula cirrhata
USA; Alaska, St. Paul Is, Pribilof IslandsTurkey Vulture
with fish

Turkey Vulture      Cathartes aura
USA; Florida, Fort Myers, Lee Co.Western Reef-Heron
with brown eel catfish, Plotusus limbatus in bill

Western Reef-Heron      Egretta gularis
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