Egyptian vulture
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The Egyptian vulture, also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture in the monotypic genus Neophron. It is widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula, N
Egyptian Vulture, Socotra
N. p. ginginianus in flight, India
Adult N. percnopterus in captivity showing white plumage
N. p. percnopterus in flight (Israel) showing the characteristic wing and tail shape.
Bearded vulture
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The bearded vulture, also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of
Egyptian vulture
…represent the oldest branch of the vultures which consists of separated (or polyphyletic) clades. Along with its nearest evolutionary relatives, the lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) and the palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis), they are sometimes placed in a separate subfamily, the Gypaetinae. There are three…
010e Wild Bearded Vulture in flight at Pfyn Finges Photo by Giles Laurent
Front view of head, at the Mykolaiv Zoo in Ukraine
Skeleton, at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa
Bearded vulture in the Pyrenees, Spain