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The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals which it finds by soaring over savannah. It also takes scraps from human habitations. It often moves in flocks. It breeds in trees on the savannah of west and east Africa, laying one egg.

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Filename: White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) 001.jpg
Copyright: Shannon Wild
Image Size: 7360x4912 / 7.5MB; Sun baking bird of prey tree wingspan Fauna White-backed Vulture Animal africanus trio Vultures Gyps Wildlife Shannon Wild three Shannon Benson Vulture perch bird open wings
Contained in galleries: WILDLIFE ARCHIVE, AFRICAN ARCHIVE

The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals which it finds by soaring over savannah. It also takes scraps from human habitations. It often moves in flocks. It breeds in trees on the savannah of west and east Africa, laying one egg.