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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tconzemi" data-source="post: 3321561" data-attributes="member: 83449">White-headed are quite different and I do not think you will ever find 3 White-headed on one branch, they are solitary vultures showing up pairwise and raising one chick, juveniles are darker and adults are stunning with their red billadult Ruppel's have yellow bill but juveniles are very close to juvenile White backed and possibly not IDable in that picture. As these are no juveniles but at least subadults or adults I would expect at least a few boldly tipped feathers and bill turning yellow or already yellow.Another hint is the size compared to Tawny (Ruppel's is larger, but not a lot) and the fact they are perched in a row in a tree (breeding site for White-backed, Ruppel's breeds in cliffs but often perches on top of trees)</blockquote>