LAPPET-FACED VULTURE

434         LAPPET-FACED VULTURE                Torgos tracheliotos

South Africa             (102)

Also known as Nubian Vulture. Ranges in patches throughout most of Africa, absent from much of central and western parts. Lives in dry savannah, thorn bush, arid plains, desert with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes; usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and minimal grass cover.