Twentieth-century art historian Albert Boime described them as " powerful, vulturine . . . grasping his thighs in a gesture . . . projecting . . . enormous strength controlled ".
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One of the largest aviaries in Europe, this exhibit is home to birds including scarlet ibis, American flamingos, cattle egrets, purple-crested turacos, storks, and vulturine guineafowl.
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"There are indications that it's a sister species of the Vulturine parrot and from the collections we see that, except for a little overlap, the two birds inhabit distinct areas,"
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The "'palm-nut vulture "'( " Gypohierax angolensis " ) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae ( which also includes many other diurnal domestic poultry and bats.
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I didn't expect much, but within hearing and sight of the camp _ and its gas flare _ I watched some of New Guinea's shiest and most heavily hunted bird species, including harpy eagles, vulturine parrots and birds of paradise.
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Fairly unrelated species like the crested fireback ( " Lophura ignita " ), vulturine guineafowl ( " Acryllium vulturinum " ), and malleefowl ( " Leipoa ocellata " ) are outwardly similar in their body types ( see also convergent evolution ).
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To solve the mystery Gaban-Lima, Raposo and Elizabeth Hofling, another co-author of the bird's scientific description, examined various collections around Brazil and came to the conclusion it was truly a separate species and not a young Vulturine parrot as Sick had speculated.
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These include grey-headed kingfisher, sunbirds, bee-eaters, Marabou stork, tawny eagle, Verreaux's eagle, bateleur, vulturine guineafowl, yellow-necked spurfowl, lilac-breasted roller, secretary bird, superb starling, northern red-billed hornbill, yellow-billed hornbill, and various vultures including the palm-nut vulture.
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Immature bald eagles are distinguishable from the golden eagle ( " Aquila chrysaetos " ), the only other very large, non-vulturine bird in North America, in that the former has a larger, more protruding head with a larger beak, straighter edged wings which are held flat ( not slightly raised ) and with a stiffer wing beat and feathers which do not completely cover the legs.
