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Make:NIKON CORPORATION
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.:Egyptian Vulture:.by *LSouthern

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Birds

INTERNATIONAL BIRDS OF PREY CENTRE, UK

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this has be the most punk haired bird i have ever seen

i love him!!!!

The adult plumage is white, with some black feathers in the wings and tail. Due to its habits—stalking around carcasses on usually dusty ground to wait for its turn—the plumage dulls quickly, and birds before moult are beige rather than pure white.

Also, individuals occasionally seem to "paint" themselves with soil containing iron oxide, as Lammergeiers do, turning their plumage a pinkish buff; hence the German name Schmutzgeier ("dirt-vulture"). Its facial skin is yellow, turning orange during nesting periods, and is devoid of feathers. The tail is diamond-shaped, so it is easily distinguished in flight.

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