Lappet-faced Vulture

The lappet-faced vulture is a large vulture with a beak that allows it to feed on tendons and ligaments which are usually left by other vultures. The upper flight photo was taken in the Serengeti, courtesy of Karine Van der Vurst. The 3rd row photo was taken at Ndutu, courtesy of Stuart Webb. The 8th row enlargement was in the Serengeti, courtesy of Fain Zimmerman; the 9th row, western Serengeti, courtesy of Amos Pampy Hardecker. The rest of the photos were taken in the Serengeti and Tarangire. Click the photo above to see twenty enlargements including nests, flight photos and leucistic phenotypes.

	Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
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