Showing posts with label WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus). Show all posts
Showing posts with label WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus). Show all posts
Saturday, 27 July 2024

16-7-2024 ROTTERDAM ZOO, NETHERLANDS - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards an...
Monday, 10 January 2022

28-5-2019 SOMALISA CAMP, ZIMBABWE - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The white-backed vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It ha...
Saturday, 26 October 2019

23-10-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The population size of the white-backed vulture has been decreasing significantly within the past few decades. In 1992, the population wa...
Sunday, 20 January 2019

16-1-2019 BIOPARC, VALENCIA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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White-backed vultures are obligate scavengers with a high level of specialization on carrion. Their primary food sources are the carcasse...
Friday, 16 November 2018

18-4-2018 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings, an...
Sunday, 19 August 2018

11-4-2018 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus) COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

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White-backed vultures face threats from habitat degradation and poaching; as such they have been shown to avoid anthropogenically-distur...
Saturday, 11 August 2018

17-4-2018 CHOBE NAT PARK, BOTSWANA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings,...
Sunday, 20 May 2018

11-4-2018 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings, and ...
Wednesday, 2 May 2018

18-4-2018 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings, an...
Thursday, 12 April 2018

11-4-2018 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings,...
Monday, 9 April 2018

7-4-2018 THORNYBUSH LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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Wednesday, 10 November 1993

10-11-1993 MASAI MARA, KENYA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings, an...

10-11-1993 MASAI MARA, KENYA - WHITE BACKED VULTURE (Gyps africanus)

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The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a medium-sized vulture, characterized by down feathers on the head and neck, broad wings, and s...