Vulture - Vulture

Japanese: ハゲタカ(禿鷹) - ハゲタカ

It is the common name used for condors of the family Vulturedae, which both feed on carrion, or vultures of the family Accipitridae. In ornithology, there is no bird called a vulture, so the correct English word for vulture is vulture in the Old World and condor in the New World. The two are similar in ecology and morphology, but are somewhat distantly related in taxonomy. As both vultures and condors are birds that swarm around corpses and feed on carrion, they are also used as an analogy for villains who prey on the weak for their own selfish gain. [Takeshita Nobuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ともに腐肉食であるタカ目コンドル科のコンドル類，あるいはタカ科のハゲワシ類に用いられる通称。鳥学上はハゲタカの名のつく鳥はなく，英語のvultureは，旧世界ではハゲワシ，新世界ではコンドルと呼ぶのが正しい。両者は生態も形態も似るが，分類学上はやや縁が遠い。なお，ハゲワシもコンドルもともに死体に群がって腐肉を食べる鳥であることから，私利私欲のために弱者を食い物にする悪者のたとえにも使われる。【竹下信雄】

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