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Location

Etosha National Park
Namibia

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/16, ISO 400 
Image size 473 x 667 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Ohrengeier Dutch  Oorgier
Italian  Avvoltoio orecchiuto Spanish  Buitre Orejudo

Comments

This vulture is threatened and rare outside major game reserves. It gets its name from the hanging piece of flesh (lappet) on the sides of face. Note the white thighs and the white bar running along the forepart of the underwing.




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    14/08/2011

Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Vautour oricou
Jean-Michel PAULUS