Leviticus 11:13

the eagle Heb. nésher, great vultureR.V. mg. The nésheris described (Micah 1:16) as bald, as spying for prey on the peaks of the rocks, and as swooping down upon the slain (Habakkuk 1:8; Job 39:27-30). The griffon, of the vulture family, is denoted by this Heb. word. The eagle cannot be described as bald, having feathers on the head and neck, but the griffon has only down.

the gier eagle Heb. péreṣ, the -breaker" or -cleaver": the bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, which breaks the bones of animals in order to obtain the marrow. Hence the name -ossifrage" (bone breaker) in A.V. Geire (cp. the German Geier) was an old English word for vulture.

the ospray The fishing hawk or another species of eagle. There are seven different kinds of eagle in Palestine.