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Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps rueppelli
-1.36218, 36.8385
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Description:
Rüppell's vulture or Rüppell's griffon vulture is an endangered African vulture. It is a large vulture, up to 90-95 cm in height and up to 2,5 meters in wingspan. Dark brown with cream scales in pattern, and long-necked with recognizable white neck ruff, cream to yellow colored bill in adult (black in juvenile) and yellow eye.
Habitat:
Wooded area of Nairobi NP.
Notes:
The status if this bird is continuously degrading since the decade 2000; and, in 2015 it became "Critically endangered".
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PublishedJune 7, 2017
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