Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) - HBW 2, p. 129
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.
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A bird in a tree and then on the ground Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp tracheliotus)
Peter van Dam 28 August 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.9 -
Two adults in social interaction Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 6 October 2002 10 years ago 32 sec 4.5 -
Two adults waiting near carrion, preening Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp tracheliotus)
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 7 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
Two adults in social interaction while feeding Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 6 October 2002 10 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
A group feeding and an adult arriving in aggressive display Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 6 October 2002 10 years ago 13 sec 4.1 -
An adult in aggressive display for food Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 6 October 2002 10 years ago 25 sec 4.1
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Lappetfaced Vulture attacking Golden Jackal at Gnu carcass
Locality Serengeti, Tanzania
Philip Perry 24 February 2007 4 years ago 4.8 -
landing
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Roland Bischoff 8 September 2008 2 years ago 4.8 -
Adult Lappet-faced Vulture making threat display at carcass
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp tracheliotus)
Philip Perry 26 September 2007 4 years ago 4.4 -
Around a buffalo carcass
Locality South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
Marco Valentini 30 August 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Near a zebra carcass
Locality Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana
Marco Valentini 23 August 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird perched next to a White-backed vulture.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp tracheliotus)
Fran Trabalon 29 October 2008 1 year ago 4.2
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