Lappet Faced Vulture

Photo copyright: AS/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Kenya • Oct 2009

Bird name: Lappet Faced Vulture
Latin: Torgos tracheliotus
Other: Nubian Vulture
Family: Accipitridae • Old World Vultures, Birds of Prey
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These Lappet-faced Vultures were photographed in the Masai Mara in Kenya and Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

I am less certain of the ID of the juvenile below, so really need confirmation.

The Lappet-faced Vulture is classed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Comparison photo with White-backed Vulture here.