bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Falconiformes, order Falconiformes - chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures

cathartid, New World vulture - large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

Cathartes, genus Cathartes - type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures

genus Vultur, Vultur - usually restricted to the Andean condor

genus Gymnogyps, Gymnogyps - containing solely the California condor

Coragyps, genus Coragyps - a genus of Cathartidae

genus Sarcorhamphus, Sarcorhamphus - usually containing only the king vulture