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Species
More then twenty species, mostly in the family Accipitridae1
Settlements
The Silent Watchers of the Tower of Cirith Ungol had heads carved like those of vultures
Meaning
From Latin vultur2
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VulturesBirds of prey adapted for a scavenging lifestyle, often showing a hooked beak and a head naked of feathers. No vulture is explicitly described as existing in Middle-earth, but the Winged Nazgûl are compared to them, flocking over a battlefield as vultures gather above the dead or dying. Vultures - or, at least, the heads of vultures - appeared in a more physical form at the gates of the Tower of Cirith Ungol. These gates were guarded by the Two Watchers: stone guardians carved with three heads looking in different directions, with each of these heads in the form of a staring vulture. Notes
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