White-backed vulture
The White-backed Vulture is a bird of the family Accipitridae which also includes eagles and hawks. They live in the African grasslands. They eat the leftovers of big cats. After their meal, they clean their feathers well so that they are always in good flying condition.[2]
| White-backed Vulture | |
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| Adult in Etosha National Park, Namibia | |
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| Order: | Accipitriformes
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| Family: | Accipitridae
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| Genus: | Gyps
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| Species: | G. africanus
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| Gyps africanus (Salvadori, 1865)
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White-backed Vulture Media
Group feeding on a zebra carcass, Upper Lupande GMA, Zambia
References
- ↑ IUCN redlist.
- ↑ Morris, Neil; Hilary Bird, Paul Kilgour, Jenny Sharman (1998). Children's First Encyclopedia. Italy. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-84084-332-3.
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