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Egyptian Vulture

(Neophron percnopterus)
Alternate name(s): "White Scavenger Vulture", "Pharao's Chicken"
German name(s): "Schmutzgeier"

Size: 47-52 cm (male) 52-55 cm (female); wing span 1.25-1.5 m
Weight: 1.6-2.4 kg
Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Egyptian Vulture at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "percnopterus"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal view of an adult Egyptian Vulture (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]

Lateral view of an Egyptian Vulture (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]

Near-lateral/ventral view of an Egyptian Vulture in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Rio Douro, Miranda do Douro, Braganca, Portugal, May 2018]

Near-lateral/ventral view of an Egyptian Vulture in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Rio Douro, Miranda do Douro, Braganca, Portugal, May 2018]

Lateral view of an Egyptian Vulture in flight (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]

Ventral view of an Egyptian Vulture in flight (photo courtesy of D. Wilczynska)
[June 2018]

More photos of Egyptian Vultures, nominate race "percnopterus", have been obtained by us in Oman.

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Near-frontal/ventral view of a juvenile or second-year immature Egyptian Vulture in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, October 2019]

Food, Diet

All raptors are carnivores. Egyptian Vultures scavenge mostly for offal.

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