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Pharaoh's Chicken
Neophron percnopterus
24.85, 79.93
Field Notes
Description:
Large white bird with black flight feathers and bright yellow skin around the eyes. Yellow bill. Looks scrawny.
Habitat:
We were admiring the Kaṇḍāriyā Mahādeva Temple at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India built during 1017-1029 when this bird came soaring in and flew about above us for a while. Then it deliberately flew to the very top of the temple where it stopped for a while...the sun was in the wrong place for a good photo but it was too good an opportunity to miss.
I wondered if it nested there but closer look shows me a hornet's nest...does it feed on these insects?
Notes:
Also called Egyptian Vulture. I saw one many years ago on a dry river bed in Haridwar, India.
Reference Links:
Egyptian vulture
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 9, 2015
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