Palm Nut Vulture

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Bird name: Palm Nut Vulture
Latin: Gypohierax angolensis
Other: Vulturine Fish Eagle
Family: Accipitridae • Old World Vultures, Birds of Prey
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
Similar: African Fish Eagle

The Palm-nut Vulture feeds mainly on the fruit of the oil-palm supplemented with crabs, molluscs, locusts, and fish. It is found in sub-Saharan.

The Palm-nut Vulture is not shy, and can be seen in hotel gardens, as above. Thanks to Alexia for this shot from Kinshasa. This bird is not an adult - the yellow facial skin of the juvenile turns red in the adult.

Below, close-up of juvenile Palm-nut Vulture, Kinshasa.