1) Carrion consumers 
[poem] `Vultures` is a poem by Chinua Achebe included in the AQA Anthology for study at GCSE. ...
vulture, vultures 1. Any of the various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion. 2. Any of various large diurnal (day) birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly o...