Title

Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)

Caption

Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), just landed at the carcass of a Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) and White-backed Vultures (Gyps africanus), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Date

Sep 13, 2006

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Thomas Dressler

Reference

BRK18C02_114

Model release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

50,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5122 x 3415 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa African Botswana Botswanan Burchell's Zebra Burchell's Zebras Chobe National Park Common Zebra Diurnal birds of prey Lappet-faced Vulture Mammal Mammalian Mammals Many Animals No People Nubian Vulture Nubian vultures Odd-toed ungulates Old World vultures Plains Zebras Southern Africa Vultures White-backed vulture White-backed vultures animal behavior animal behaviour animal feeds animals animals in the wild animals of prey bait behaviour birds of prey cadaver capture captured capturing carcass carcasses carrion dead animal deaths fauna feed feeding feeds group groups habitat in flight in the air ingestion land landing landings lands mid air national parks natural environments natural habitat natural preserves nature reserves no one nobody numerous protected area raptor reserves sanctury scavengers search for food several animals spread wing wild animals wings zebras Old World vulture Plains Zebra animal animal of prey dead flies fly flying group of animals groups of animals many national park spreading wing wild animal Accipitridae Vulture death natural environment nature reserve outspread prey wildlife wildlife photography wing zebra Diurnal bird of prey Odd-toed ungulate Perissodactyla animal feed foraging natural preserve preying preys reserve scavenger spread out spreading out spreads out behavior bird of prey