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🌍 White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) #AfricanBirds | #WhiteBackedVulture #GypsAfricanus | #Vultures #OldWorldVultures #VultureFamily #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by RonPorter🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus)

The white-backed vulture is a medium-sized African vulture, identifiable by its distinctive white lower back (visible in flight), white neck ruff, and dark plumage. Its bald head and long neck aid in feeding.

It is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, preferring open woodlands and savannas with tall trees for nesting.

Highly social, white-backed vultures are obligate scavengers, typically among the first to arrive at a carcass. They soar on thermals for hours, locating food by sight and observing other scavengers. They feed in noisy groups, their bare heads adapted for deep probing into carrion. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by RonPorter via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/vulture-wildlife-bird-scavenger-378888/

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Name This Bird!

I'm a medium-sized Old World scavenger, known for my predominantly dull, mottled brown plumage. My most distinctive feature is the conspicuous white back, which is particularly visible in flight against my darker body. I have a long, unfeathered neck and head, usually dark grey to blackish. My preferred habitats are savannas and open woodlands in sub-Saharan Africa, where I'm often seen soaring high in the sky or perched in trees. Sadly, my species is critically endangered.

What bird am I?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-backed_vulture?wprov=sfla1

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@mybirdcards what a glorious bird!

I must say, i do love vultures. I think they are beautiful. To me they seem very misunderstood, they are associated with death and decay because they live on carrion, but in truth, that just means they are cleanup crew.

Anyhow, my favorite is the turkey vulture, because of its acidic breath weapon!

It's like something out of dungeons and dragons!

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@rasmus91 😁👍⭐❤️🦜

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