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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Cathartidae.

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Examples

  • The steep walls of the Juanambú and Guaitara rivers were the nesting place of a relict population of the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus, today extinct in the region.

    Patía Valley dry forests 2008

  • Birds include the Adean condor (Vultur gryphus), Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis), Fuegian Snipe (Gallinago stricklandii), and frailejón (Libanothamnus glossophyllus).

    Santa Marta páramo 2008

  • An ancient city planted in the shadow of an extinct volcano, majestic Mount Vultur modern Vulture, Venusia had been a Roman colony for two hundred years.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Aquila was known to the Romans as Vultur volans the 'Flying Vulture'.

    Kid's Astronomy: Celestial Birds Migrate West? | Universe Today 2009

  • Populations of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) for example appear to have declined since the building of roads.

    Córdoba montane savanna 2007

  • An ancient city planted in the shadow of an extinct volcano, majestic Mount Vultur modern Vulture, Venusia had been a Roman colony for two hundred years.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Noteworthy species include lesser rhea Pterocnemia pennata, Andean condor Vultur gryphus, which form nesting and roosting colonies called condoreras, torrent duck Merganetta armata, black-throated finch Melanodera melanodera, and others.

    Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina 2009

  • An ancient city planted in the shadow of an extinct volcano, majestic Mount Vultur modern Vulture, Venusia had been a Roman colony for two hundred years.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • The region is home to the spectacular Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), one of the largest flying birds on Earth.

    Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

  • An ancient city planted in the shadow of an extinct volcano, majestic Mount Vultur modern Vulture, Venusia had been a Roman colony for two hundred years.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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