Possible Clues:

• Criminal swindle -- then never-ending bird
• Apartment by river for high-flier
• High-flying American working party in credit
• Its Andean variety has the largest wingspan among all raptors
• Study party rules to begin with, being a high-flyer
• New World vulture with a massive wingspan
• Criminal cheat with never-ending bird
• Breed of vulture — no cord (anag)
• Apartment with rook and bigger bird
• Bird, fabulous bird, travelling west crossing over northern Germany