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WILDLIFE: BIRDS: ARICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE

Class: Aves

Order: Falconiformes

Family: Accipitridae

Genus and species: Gyps africanus

Common name:
African white-backed vulture

The most abundant of Kenyan vultures. Present throughout the country save at the south coast and the lake Victoria basin. Frequent in open or lightly wooded country, where herbivores roam. Nests on trees. It can be distinguished from the juvenile Rüppell's Griffon vulture, similar in colour, for its blackish bill at all ages. The common name is due to a white patch at the back, only present in the adult and only visible with wings extended.

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African white-backed
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