White-headed vulture
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The white-headed vulture is an Old World vulture endemic to Africa. Populations have been declining steeply in recent years due to habitat degradation and poisoning of vultures at carcasses. An extinc
Trigonoceps occipitalis 243893077
In flight, in Uganda
Immature, at Kruger National Park
Adult, in captivity
Aegypiinae
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Aegypiinae is one of two subfamilies of Accipitridae that are referred to as Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae. They are not closely related to the Gypaetinae, and are instead a siste
White-headed vulture
…Preceding actual copulation the female bird stands perpendicular to and in front of the male. The "head turning" behaviour, typically observed in other aegypiine vultures, was not observed. The sound made by the birds during copulation is unusual and best described as a very deep squeak, but longer than a grunt…
Gyps africanus Torgos tracheliotus
Vulture in Tanzania 3118 cropped Nevit
Белоглав лешояд 1
Gyps rueppellii Nairobi National Park, Kenya 8 4c