Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
French: Vautour oricou
German: Ohrengeier
Spanish: Buitre Orejudo
Other common names: African Black/King Vulture, Nubian Vulture
Taxonomy: Vultur tracheliotus J. R. Forster, 1791, Great Namaqualand, South Africa.
Usually considered sufficiently distinctive to merit monotypic genus, but sometimes placed in Aegypius along with A. monachus, T. occipitalis and S. calvus, and in superspecies with A. monachus. Validity of races questionable, as variation may be largely individual and clinal. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tracheliotus (J. R. Forster, 1791) - extreme SW Morocco; S Mauritania E to Ethiopia and Kenya, S to South Africa.
- nubicus (H. Smith, 1829) - Egypt and N Sudan.
- negevensis Bruun et al., 1981 - S Israel and Arabian Peninsula.
- Vulnerable
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A bird in a tree and then on the ground Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp tracheliotus)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 2 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
Two adults in social interaction Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila... 6 October 2002 7 years ago 32 sec 4.2 -
An adult in aggressive display for food Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila... 6 October 2002 7 years ago 25 sec 4.1 -
A bird feeding on carrion, with other vultures Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp tracheliotus)
David Fisher 24 January 2006 3 years ago 58 sec 4 -
A bird in flight Imi, Ethiopia (ssp tracheliotus)
Josep del Hoyo 5 December 2005 3 years ago 37 sec 3.9 -
A group feeding and an adult arriving in aggressive display Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila... 6 October 2002 7 years ago 13 sec 3.7
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Lappetfaced Vulture attacking Golden Jackal at Gnu carcass Serengeti, Tanzania
ingwe24 24 February 2007 44 weeks ago 4.9 -
Adult Lappet-faced Vulture making threat display at carcass Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
ingwe24 26 September 2007 46 weeks ago 4.4 -
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) and a white-backed vulture at Makgadikgadi Pan, Botswana Botswana
LHarding 26 November 2007 1 year ago 3
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