Vulture (disambiguation)

A vulture is a large scavenging bird of prey.

Vulture, Vultures, etc., may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Vulture (DC Comics), a fictional criminal organization, as well as five unrelated characters
• Vulture (Marvel Comics), several supervillain characters
  • Vulture (Marvel Cinematic Universe), a film character

Films

• The Vulture (1937 film), a British comedy
• The Vulture (1967 film), a British horror film
• The Vulture (1981 film), an Israeli movie by Yaky Yosha
• The Vulture (1982 film), a Hungarian crime film
• The Vultures (1975 film), a Quebec film
• The Vultures (1984 film), a French adventure film

Literature

• "Vultures" (poem), by Chinua Achebe
• "The Vulture" (short story), a short story by Franz Kafka
• The Vulture, a 1970 book by Gil Scott-Heron

Music

Groups

• The Vultures (band), a 2010s alternative group
• The Vultures, a 1970s R&B group featuring Joe Strummer

Albums

• Vultures (AxeWound album), 2012
• Vultures 1, a 2024 album by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign
• Vultures 2, a 2024 upcoming album by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign
• Vultures (Smile Empty Soul album), 2006
• Vultures (EP), released in 2015 by Disciple
• Vultures, a 2013 album by Dozer
• The Vulture, a 2014 album by King Raam
• Vulture, a 2020 album by Rob49

Songs

• "Vulture", by James from Strip-mine, 1988
• "Vulture", by Patrick Wolf from The Bachelor, 2009
• "Vultures" (song), by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign, 2023
• "Vultures", by Arch Enemy from Rise of the Tyrant, 2007
• "Vultures", by Asking Alexandria from Asking Alexandria, 2017
• "Vultures", by Insane Clown Posse from Bang! Pow! Boom!, 2009
• "Vultures", by John Mayer from Continuum, 2006
• "Vultures", by Northlane from Alien, 2018
• "Vultures", by The Offspring from Conspiracy of One, 2000
• "Vultures", by Soilwork from Övergivenheten, 2022
• "The Vulture (Acts I & II)", by Gallows from Grey Britain, 2009
• "The Vulture", by Pendulum from Immersion, 2009
• "The Vulture", a 2002 song by Clinic from Walking with Thee

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Vulture (talk show), a 2005 Australian arts talk show
• Vulture (website), a website focusing on pop culture run by New York magazine
• Vulture, a version of the computer game Falcon's Eye
• "The Vulture" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a television episode

Military

• HMS Vulture, various British Royal Navy ships and one Naval Air Station
• Vickers Vulture, a version of the Vickers Viking amphibious aircraft
• ATE Vulture, a South African Army unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
• Boeing SolarEagle (Vulture II), a proposed spy UAV
• Rolls-Royce Vulture, an aero engine developed before the Second World War
• Operation Vulture, a proposed 1954 American operation to rescue French forces besieged in Dien Bien Phu, Indochina

Places

In the United States

• Vulture Mountains, Arizona
  • Vulture Mine, Arizona, a mine and a community
• Vulture Peak (Montana), Glacier National Park, Montana
  • Vulture Glacier (Montana), on the southern flanks of the mountain

Elsewhere

• Vulture Glacier (Alberta), Banff National Park, Canada
• Vulture Peak, Rajgir, Bihar, India, associated with the Buddha
• Vulture (region), Italy
  • Monte Vulture, an extinct volcano and the namesake of the region

Sports

• Phil Regan (baseball) (born 1937), American Major League Baseball pitcher nicknamed "The Vulture"
• Vulture, a baseball term for a type of relief pitcher
• Atlanta Vultures, a short-lived American Indoor Football team

Other uses

• Vulture (ship), various ships
• Vulture Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Vulture (hieroglyph), an ancient Egyptian letter/sign
• Vulture 1, the record-setting Paper Aircraft Released Into Space

See also

• Vulture capitalist, an investor that acquires distressed firms in the hopes of making them more profitable and selling at a profit
• Vulture fund, which invests in debt considered to be very weak or in default
• Vulture restaurant, a site where carrion is deposited in order to be consumed by vultures
• Stele of the Vultures, a monument from 2600–2350 BC in Mesopotamia celebrating a victory of the city-state of Lagash over its neighbour Umma