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
Order Accipitriformes Family Accipitridae
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 |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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