
Palm-nut Vulture
I've never heard of this bird before seeing it at this bird park in the Netherlands. Its name comes from its diet of dead fish and Palm nuts. I find the dutch name to be more descriptive though: "Gierarend", meaning "Eagle Vulture". It does seem to look like a crossover between an eagle and a vulture.

The Palm-nut Vulture is a very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only member of the genus "Gypohierax". Unusual for Birds of Prey, it feeds mainly on the fruit of the oil-palm though it also feeds on crabs, molluscs, locusts, fish and has been known to occasionally attack domestic poultry.
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It names the species as primarily vulture in 'Palm-nut Vulture', yet an alternative naming is primarily eagle in 'Vulturine Fish Eagle'.
It also states it being 'the smallest Old World vulture' and 'like many african vultures' and 'resembles an eagle', so thats 4 times vulture, 1 times eagle: I'd stick to eagle vulture more than to vulture eagle. Maybe Wiki is wrong in the 'vulturine fish eagle' nickname. I'm taking some freedom here;)
Haha, linguistic adventures on JungleDragon!
Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago
Njoy!
L Posted 13 years ago