Lappet-faced Vulture

• GeneralIts bill is powerful enough to open hide no other vulture can tear.
• comportamientoIt is one of the largest and most dominant vultures at a carcass, able to drive off more numerous species of vulture through its size and strength.
• It is the one that opens the carcass: its bill cuts hides and tendons no other African vulture can pierce, so that whether the rest of the scavenging community can feed depends on its presence.
• Poisoning is its greatest threat: poachers poison carcasses precisely in order to kill vultures, whose circling reveals to rangers the position of a downed elephant or rhinoceros.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Arid savannah, semi-desert and open scrub of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

Sexual maturity

6 years

Gestation / incubation

55 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

1 egg

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torgos_tracheliotos