Lappet-faced Vulture Animal Pictures

Torgos tracheliotos

Lappet-Faced Vulture close-up

A Lapped faced vulture close-up in Kruger National Park. The bird has folds of skin that hang down over its ears and reminded someone of the lappets that hung from a lady’s lace cap.

Lappet-Faced Vulture in pan

Lappet-faced Vulture walking over water in the Etosha National Park in Namibia. The bird has a black or dark brown back, white feathers on the thighs and a white or buff-brown belly partially covered by long black feathers that hang from the neck.

Lappet-Faced Vulture eating

Lappet-faced Vulture or Nubian vulture - Torgos tracheliotos, feeding on the carcass in Masai Mara Kenya. Its very size allows it to dominate the other scavengers.

Lappet-Faced Vulture flying

Lappet faced vulture flying before landing in a Game Reserve in Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa. It can fly 30 miles an hour, and it usually soars to save energy.

Lappet-Faced Vulture chick in nest.

Young lappet-faced vulture in Nest, Jungtier, Namib Desert, Namib-Naukluft-Nationalpark. Lappet-faced vultures build their nests at the tops of thorn trees a good distance away from other vultures.