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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