#lappet-faced vulture

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Lappet-faced vultures, the largest vultures in Africa, have a wingspan of up to nine feet.

Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.

[ashen-vulture]

Magnificent creatures

[corvidaemnit]

vulture fancam yaaay:3

you can also find it on my tiktok here if you want!

[snototter]

A lappet faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) observes its surroundings in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya

by praveen pandian

[dwmmphotography]

On this Scavenger Sunday we visit Sir Winston the lappet-faced vulture experiencing a light snow at the ABQ BioPark Zoo.

[ashen-vulture]

(nodding along enthusiastically)

So like…. Can we talk about how hauntingly beautiful vultures are?

Like these guys just have a certain charm to them I can’t explain

[skrunksthatwunk]

:(

[otonkolos]

National animal of Mali 🇲🇱

[todaysbird]

the lappet-faced vulture is a large vulture species found in africa & the arabian peninsula. like other vultures, they primarily feed on carcasses; however, they have been known to take live prey. they are considered the most aggressive of the african vultures, and other vulture species often defer to them at feedings. they are not social birds, and are almost always solitary. this species is endangered; their main threats are habitat destruction and ingestion of poison (usually, from eating baited food set out for other ‘pest’ species such as jackals).

[rulers-of-the-sky]

Lappet-faced Vulture

[leopardsealz]

my mzingo design! he is a lappet-faced vulture

[nkp1981]

The Lappet-faced Vulture

Photo: Joschka Voss

[internetdruid]

🥚i see u filling my dash with eggs and beasts and idk what its for but im taking this opportunityt o ask what your favourite species of vulture is if you have one. mine is the bearded vulture

I love all the vultures, both old and new world, so it's a really tough choice, but if I had to choose one

It'd probably be the Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

[lightningwaters]

[le-jardin-inculte]

so there was a thing in the timestamps

and well.

let's just say the livestream is sometimes blessed and sometimes cursed with a good mic 😂

source: NamibiaCam

[dwmmphotography]

It is Scavenger Sunday, and Eleanore is demonstrating proper mouse eating etiquette at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo.