Old World vulture

Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae is one of the two main families [i] within the order Falconiformes [i]. ...

, which also includes eagle

Eagle

Eagles are large birds of prey [i] which inhabit mainly the Old World [i], with only two sp ...

s, kite

Kite

A kite is a flying tethered man-made object....

s, buzzards and hawk

Hawk

The term hawk refers to birds of prey [i] in any of three senses: ...

s. They are not at all closely related to the superficially similar New World vulture

New World vulture

The New World vulture family [i] Cathartidae contains seven species [i] found in warm and t ...

s and condor

Condor

Condor is the name for the largest species [i] of New World vulture [i]s. ...

s, and do not share that group's good sense of smell. The similarities between the two groups are due to convergent evolution

Convergent evolution

In evolutionary biology [i], convergent evolution describes the process whereby organisms not closely re ...

rather than a close relationship.

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Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae