Lappet-faced Vultures
Lappet-faced Vultures are the largest vulture species in Tanzania. They often dictate what vultures and other scavenging creatures can do at a kill site, because they are the birds best capable of ripping open flesh. The species name comes from the fold of pink skin (lappet) hanging from its neck. When they are soaring, there is a diagnostic small patch of white at the bottom of the belly. At a zebra kill at Ndutu National Park, These two were standing near where the other vultures and Marabous were eating, and they looked as if they were kissing.
Lappet-faced Vultures
Lappet-faced Vultures are the largest vulture species in Tanzania. They often dictate what vultures and other scavenging creatures can do at a kill site, because they are the birds best capable of ripping open flesh. The species name comes from the fold of pink skin (lappet) hanging from its neck. When they are soaring, there is a diagnostic small patch of white at the bottom of the belly. At a zebra kill at Ndutu National Park, These two were standing near where the other vultures and Marabous were eating, and they looked as if they were kissing.