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Feeding frenzy On the plains of Masai Mara, there is always food available for scavengers. Especially during the migration season, vultures gather around carcasses in huge numbers. Geotagged,Gyps africanus,Gyps rueppellii,Hooded Vulture,Kenya,Necrosyrtes monachus,Rüppells Vulture,White-backed Vulture Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Feeding frenzy

On the plains of Masai Mara, there is always food available for scavengers. Especially during the migration season, vultures gather around carcasses in huge numbers.

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Rüppell's Vulture or Rüppell's Griffon Vulture is a large vulture that occurs throughout the Sahel region of central Africa. The current population of 30,000 is decreasing due to loss of habitat and other factors. Known also as Rüppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffin Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture and other variants, Rüppell's Vulture is named in honor of Eduard Rüppell, a 19th-century German explorer, collector, and zoologist. Rüppell's Vulture is considered to be the highest-flying.. more

Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey
Species identified by burak_dogansoysal
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Uploaded Jan 2, 2015. Captured Nov 7, 2013 09:00 in Maasai Mara National Reserve, C12, Kenya.
  • Canon EOS-1D X
  • f/4.0
  • 1/800s
  • ISO200
  • 500mm