Gyps africanus (White-backed Vulture)

White-backed Vulture

Dutch: Witruggier

Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
Species: Gyps africanus




Missing lacrymals and pterygoids, damaged cranium and discolored

Side, top and bottom view of skull. (Click on image to enlarge)

Length: 128 mm
Length cranium: 65 mm
Width (cranium): 49 mm
Height (cranium): 40 mm
Alternative names: Weißrückengeier (German), Vautour africain (French), Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano (Spanish)


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