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Unlike other categories of meats (fish, mammals, etc), Judaism does not characterize birds as kosher or unkosher based on their physical characteristics. Rather, species not specifically named in The Bible as clean or unclean are determined based on their similarities to those that are named. The turkey is one such bird that was not referenced in scripture, but became known to Judaism many thousands of years after the Bible was written.

In short, Birds of Prey are not kosher, including vultures, buzzards, eagles, hawks, and various other carnivorous birds.

Those that are kosher include the chicken, turkey, duck, most game-fowl, feasant, etc.

It is, of course, important to note that some different strains of Judaism have differing levels of committment to these principles. Orthodox Judaism, for example would require not only that the bird itself be of a permitted species, but also that it is slaughtered and prepared according to kosher food rules.

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