Yes, vultures do occasionally eat their own kind, particularly when they are extremely hungry or when a carcass is readily available. While not their primary food source, documented instances, especially among Black Vultures, show they will consume dead vultures, treating them as carrion. According to "Cannibalism by Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)," Journal of Raptor Research 56(4), 498-500 by Betsy A. Evans, John S. Humphrey, Eric A. Tillman, and Bryan M. Kluever, it states, "Cannibalism, the behavior in which an individualconsumes a conspecific, has been observed across a diversearray of taxa, including birds (Stanback and Koenig 1992). Avian cannibalism most commonly occurs during the eggand nestling stages, whereas cannibalism among adults orjuveniles outside of the nest is rare."
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