Changes: Vulture Dragon

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The Vulture Dragon (バルチャードドラゴン Baruchādo Doragon^?) is the boss of Stage 7 in the arcade version of Gradius III. It also appears under the names of Gorgon or Two-Headed Scorch Serpent as the Stage 5 boss of the SNES version.

Attack patterns

The Vulture Dragon is essentially a two headed variant of the Intruder. When defeated, it explodes into pieces that fly across the screen. These are not a threat in the arcade version but will kill the player on SNES.

Gradius III
Ships	Vic Viper
Stages	Desert • Bubble Zone • Volcanic Planet • High Speed Dimension • Moai Zone • Cell Planet • Prominence Planet • Plant Planet • Crystal Zone • Boss Rush • Mechanical Base
SNES exclusive stages	High Speed Zone • Fortress • Cell
Bosses	Goliath • Bubble Eye • Godrei • Big Core MK III • Dogas • Vaif • Twin Vaif (SNES) • Gregol • Wyvern • Vulture Dragon • Choking Weed • Lizard Core • Beacon (SNES) • Tetran • Covered Core • Big Core MK II • Crystal Core • Death MK II • Dellinger Core • Disrupt • Shadow Gear • Shadow Gear MK II (SNES) • Big Core • Golem • Bacterian

Organic bosses
Space entities	Nucleus • Intruder • Phoenix (Geezer Butler) • Goliath • Bubble Eye • Wyvern • Vulture Dragon • Blizzard Crawler • Yorogaton Chimera • Gillador • Volleone • Doom • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Triumph Kicks • Gaw • Giga • Killer Dwarf
Body horror	Abadon • Golem • Zylom • Big Eye • Gregol • Mad Skin • Brachion Eye • Biter • Berial • Huge Heart • Crawler (X) • Infected Statue
Plantlife	Choking Weed • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Dendrodium • Hans Naughty

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-{{Infobox Boss
+{{Infobox Enemy
-| Boss Name=Vulture Dragon
+|name           = Vulture Dragon
-| image=GradiusIII-arcade-vulturedragon.png
+|image          = GradiusIII-arcade-vulturedragon.png
+|caption        = Vulture Dragon as it appears in Gradius III
-| OtherNames=Fire Dragon, Two-Headed Scorch Dragon (American Name), Gorgon
+|full_name      =
-| Appears=[[Gradius III]], [[Gradius '93]]}}
+|english_name   =
-Vulture Dragon is the boss of Stage 7 in [[Gradius III]] AC. It also appears under the name Gorgon as the Stage 5 boss of the SNES version.
+|japanese_name  = バルチャードドラゴン<br />''Baruchādo Doragon''
+|alternate_name =
+Fire Dragon<br />
+Two-Headed Scorch Serpent (NA)<br />
+Gorgon
+|type           =
+|abilities      =
+|variations     =
+|location       =
+|appearances    = ''[[Gradius III]]''
+|pilot          =
+|theme          =
+"[[Dark Force (song)|Dark Force]]" <small>(''Gradius III'' arcade)</small><br />
+"Sharp Shoot" <small>(''Gradius III'' SNES)
+}}
+The {{nihongo|'''Vulture Dragon'''|バルチャードドラゴン|Baruchādo Doragon}} is the [[:category:Gradius III bosses|boss]] of Stage 7 in the arcade version of ''[[Gradius III]]''. It also appears under the names of '''Gorgon''' or '''Two-Headed Scorch Serpent''' as the Stage 5 boss of the SNES version.
-== Attack Pattern ==
+==Attack patterns==
-Vulture Dragon is essentially a two headed variant of [[Intruder]]. When defeated, it explodes into pieces that fly across the screen. These are not a threat in the arcade version but will kill you on the SNES, so watch out.
+The Vulture Dragon is essentially a two headed variant of the [[Intruder]]. When defeated, it explodes into pieces that fly across the screen. These are not a threat in the arcade version but will kill the player on SNES.
-== See Also ==
+==See also==
 *[[Intruder]]
+{{Gradius III}}
-== Appears In ==
-*[[Gradius III]]
 {{Organic_Bosses}}
+[[Category:Gradius III bosses]]