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A lappet-faced vulture amongst white-backed vultures and Ruepell's griffons, illustrating its size. Overall, the lappet-faced vulture is blackish above with a strongly contrasting white thigh feathers. The black feathers on the back of African vultures are lined with brown, while Arabian birds are dark brown rather than black above.
Torgos tracheliotos negevensis, the Arabian lappet-faced vulture or Arabian vulture, [1] is an endangered bird endemic to the western and southern reaches of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a giant subspecies of the more widespread lappet-faced vulture .
Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbajian and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]
Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus: Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia: White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis: Northern and central India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia: Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli: The Sahel region of central Africa: Indian vulture Gyps indicus: Central and peninsular India: Slender-billed ...
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Meloxicam has thus far been found to be "Vulture-Safe" and its use in veterinary treatment of livestock is being encouraged. [8] [9] The red-headed vulture has become increasingly difficult to find due to hunting. In places like Cambodia, special programs have been implemented to support critically endangered vulture species.
Only their cousin, the lappet-faced vulture, with a bill length of up to about 10 cm (3.9 in), can rival or outsize the bill of the cinereous. [5] The wings, with serrated leading edges, are held straight or slightly arched in flight and are broad, sometimes referred to as "barn door wings".
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