Lappet faced Vulture (1 Viewer)

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carlos58

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• Sep 30, 2011

• #1

hello everyone
I' ve spent a week in South Egypt. from september 17th to 24th, with some friends
The total checklist of bird species contacted during the tour is 137, and I' ve taken pictures of more than 67 species.
Here you can find some shots of rare for paleartctic Lappet faced Vulture very great hotspot for this bird is El Shalatin at the border between Egypt and Sudan

and if you want to see the full photoreport with the shots of 50 species + landscape please go to:
http://www.pbase.com/carlogalliani/sud_egitto

Lappet faced Vulture

 

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Simon Wates

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• Sep 30, 2011

• #2

What a bird! Great pictures Carlo!

 

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Himalaya

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• Oct 5, 2011

• #3

Great photos.......Egyptian Vultures are not small birds yet looks tiny before that LPV.

 

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Raptor-man

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• Oct 5, 2011

• #4

Nice photo's! Must remember Egyptian vultures are probably the smallest of the African vultures and the Lappett is one of the biggest, but great comparision photo.

 

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BrownnishSkua

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• Oct 6, 2011

• #5

That is the largest subspecies of lappet-faced vulture, t.negevensis.

 

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carlos58

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• Oct 6, 2011

• #6

thank you very much
here another shots with also Brown-necked Raven

 

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Daniel Martin

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• Oct 7, 2011

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carlos58 said:

thank you very much
here another shots with also Brown-necked Raven

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Fantastic Carlo - what a stonking great beak!

 

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Raptor-man

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• Oct 7, 2011

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Another nice comparison, you can see why the smaller vultures have to wait for the larger birds to break into the carcass. This is waht I love about vultures, how they all fill a little niche in order to get there share of a carcass.