Vulture skull

The vulture is a large raptor of the vulture genus in the family Eagles, order Eagles. The head and neck of adult birds are partially exposed, with brown down feathers from the forehead to the occipital region; There are sparse black hair like feathers around the eyes and ears on the head side, and the eyebrows and back neck are exposed; The skin is blue gray, and there are needle like clusters of feathers at the base of the neck; The body feathers are dark brown, while the flight feathers are black brown; Iris dark brown, beak strong; The young bird appears to be an adult bird with a darker body color and a more exposed head. Due to its fluffy head and partially bare neck, it is named a vulture. In Xizang, China, there is a kind of funeral called "celestial burial", which means that human bodies are placed in the wild and eaten by vultures, which is closely related to the local culture.