Species Torgos tracheliotus (J. R. Forster, 1796) (Lappet-faced vulture)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Accipitriformes
  • ---- family: Accipitridae
  • ----- species: Torgos tracheliotus
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 100 cm; white thighs; white stripe on the underwing; bare, red skin on face and troat
Countries:

AE
United Arab Emirates
BW
Botswana
ET
Ethiopia
KE
Kenya
NA
Namibia
SN
Senegal
SS
South Sudan
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
ZA
South Africa
ZM
Zambia
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0101
Albertine Rift montane forests
AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0702
Angolan Mopane woodlands
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0706
Eastern Miombo woodlands
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT0726
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
AT0905
Saharan flooded grasslands
AT0907
Zambezian flooded grasslands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1007
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
AT1315
Namib desert
AT1316
Namibian savanna woodlands
PA1303
Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 70
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27760262
Creator: Jerry Pank
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Lappet-faced vulture. This incredible bird has an average wingspan of 2.8 meters (9.2 feet).  Is this a bird or a member of the legal profession?
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/30865049
Date: 2011-10-18
Creator: Buckens, Johan
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Torgos tracheliotus

Lappet-faced Vulture in flight

Masai Mara, Kenya, August 2010
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/25641772
Creator: DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: English: 1=Lappet-faced Vulture or Nubian Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) - Tanzania
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