| They have also been known to steal prey from other raptors and to eat fresh carrion. |
| Disturbance after eggs are laid provides opportunities for predation by carrion crows, jays, kestrels, magpies, foxes and mink. |
| They are often seen soaring in search of carrion, but their diet also includes young goats and lambs. |
| They may steal prey from other raptors, and have been known to eat carrion as long as it has not been dead too long. |
| Most flesh flies breed in dung and decaying materials, other certain species are necrophagous which they colonized in carrions. |
| This bird is quite common in the urban areas where it feeds on refuse and carrions, and hence its dirty reputation. |
