What are the benefits of the eagle?

the Eagles

Vultures are classified as a type of bird of prey that feeds on the carcasses of dead animals. There are two types: Old World vultures that live in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and New World vultures that live in North, South, and Central America. The birds of each group are distinguished. With features that differ from others; New World vultures are considered bald-headed, and are only able to make hissing and humming sounds. This is because they do not have a larynx, and they have weak feet and a strong sense of smell that enables them to determine where food is available. They also do not build nests, but rather lay their eggs in tree cavities or between rocks. As for the vultures of the ancient world, they have a larynx. Therefore, they are able to make many sounds. They have strong feet and claws, and they have a strong sense of sight that they rely on to locate food. They also build nests to lay their eggs in. Some types have bald heads, while others have feathers covering their heads.^[XNUMX]

Benefits of eagles

Vultures feed on animal carcasses and have many benefits, including the following:[2][1][3]

• You contribute the Eagles In preventing the accumulation of corpses and the spread of diseases and epidemics, as under natural conditions they consume an estimated ten million tons of carcasses annually, but after being subjected to hunting and a decrease in their numbers, many corpses were left to rot. Which leads to many health and environmental risks, including:
  • The spread of diseases affecting humans and livestock.
  • Increased numbers of ferocious dogs that are attracted to decomposing corpses and attack humans and livestock.
  • Increased incidence of rabies among humans.
  • The high cost of disposing of dead animal carcasses.
• Natural gas companies use The eagle Turkey has a strong sense of smell to detect gas leaks. The gas contains a chemical found in animal carcasses that attracts vultures.
• Some peoples use eagle heads in folk medicine.
• Some people mistakenly believe that the eagle possesses supernatural abilities, and that possessing body parts The eagle It may lead to increasing the capabilities of humans themselves; Therefore, you find them using eagles' claws to treat fever, feathers as a type of decoration, and beaks for protection, and they also use eagles' bones during circumcision ceremonies.^[XNUMX]

Types of vultures

Vultures of the New World

The most famous types of New World vultures are:^[XNUMX]

• The black vulture (scientific name: Coragyps atratus): It is sometimes called the carrion crow. It is a black bird, with a very short tail, and its body length reaches 60 centimetres. It also has two short wings. Like all New World vultures, it has a head bare of feathers, except for The back of his neck is covered with feathers.
• The king vulture (scientific name: Sarcoramphus papa): It is a multi-colored eagle. Its upper feathers are orange, while the lower feathers are white. Its head has several colors: red, yellow, bluish, and grey. The king vulture lives in the tropical forests extending from southern Mexico to Argentina.
• The turkey vulture (scientific name: Cathartes aura): which is considered one of the most widespread types of New World vultures. It has a developed sense of smell that enables it to find carrion before other vultures, and its wingspan reaches approximately two meters.^[XNUMX]
• Andean condor (scientific name: Vultur gryphus): It is a large eagle. The wingspan of the male Andean condor can reach 3.2 meters, and its weight reaches 15 kilograms, while the female weighs up to 11 kilograms.^[XNUMX]
• California condor (scientific name: Gymnogyps californianus): It is distinguished by its black color, and its wings are surrounded by lines of white feathers, while the head, neck, and crop are of a color ranging between red and orange.^[XNUMX]

Old world vultures

Among the most famous eagles of the ancient world are the following:^[XNUMX]

• Gray vulture (scientific name: Aegypius monachus): Some scientists believe that it is the largest of the eagles and the largest of the birds of prey. Its body length reaches approximately one meter, its weight reaches 12.5 kilograms, and its wingspan reaches approximately 2.7 meters. It is a black eagle with a wedge-shaped tail. The gray eagle lives in southern Europe, Asia Minor, the central steppes, and the mountains of Asia.
• The Egyptian eagle or Pharaoh's eagle (scientific name: Neophron percnopterus): It is a small eagle whose body reaches a length of 60 centimetres. It has white feathers, while the wing is white with a few black feathers spread over it. It has feathers of gradual length on the head. As for the face, it is Stripped of feathers, the Egyptian vulture spreads from North and East Africa to Southern Europe, and from the Middle East to Afghanistan and India.
• Gryphon's vulture (scientific name: Gyps fulvus): It is an eagle with gray feathers above, and a reddish-brown color with some white lines below. It has several different types, which are:
  • The Indian white-backed vulture (scientific name: G. bengalensis).
  • The Indian vulture or long-beaked vulture (scientific name G.indicus).
  • Cylindrical-billed vulture (scientific name: G. tenuirostris).
• The Nubian eagle or Athun eagle (scientific name: Torgos tracheliotus): It is a strong and dominant eagle. Its head is devoid of feathers, and skin with many folds extends from its sides. Its body is covered from above with black and brown feathers, while the ventral area is white, and it has a tail. It is wedge-shaped, its wingspan reaches 2.7 meters, and its body length reaches one meter.
• The palm nut vulture (scientific name: Gypohierax angolensis): It is usually a vegetarian eagle, but it may sometimes eat dead fish and crustaceans. It has an orange face devoid of feathers and a yellow beak.
• The red-headed vulture (scientific name: Sarcogyps calvus): It has black feathers, except for the chest area, which has white feathers. It has a large black beak, and multi-folded skin extends from both sides of the neck. Its body length is approximately 75 centimeters, and its wings reach the length of To 2.7 metres, it spreads from Pakistan to Malaysia.
• The white-headed vulture (scientific name: Trigonoceps occipitalis): has black feathers except for the tips of the wings and the belly, which appear white. Its face is triangular in shape and pale yellow in color, and it has a huge red beak. Its body length reaches 80 centimeters, and its wingspan reaches 1.8 inches. Approximately one meter.

World Day of Awareness of the Importance of Eagles

On the first Saturday of September every year, the world celebrates the International Day of Awareness about the importance of vultures and the dangers they are exposed to, which makes them vulnerable to extinction, in addition to shedding light on the efforts of activists around the world to preserve vultures. The idea of ​​International Eagle Day also came from the beginning. From the Birds of Prey Program of the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa, and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England, then it was circulated to become a global day.^[XNUMX]