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White-Backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

Description:

This Vulture has been uplisted to Endangered species!!

Habitat:

Tree tops in Grassland.

Notes:

Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals which it finds by soaring over savannah. It also takes scraps from human habitations. It often moves in flocks. It breeds in trees on the savannah of west and east Africa, laying one egg. The population is mostly resident.

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Jared Hersch
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Jared Hersch

Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on May 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 29, 2013

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