Lappet-faced vulture on a tree in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Lappet-faced vulture on a tree in Maasai Mara National Reserve

This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass cover.

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Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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