Lappet-faced Vulture, Khwai Community Area, Botswana, 25/04/16

Beautifull and rare bird

A species I suspect I have little chance of seeing, given how elderly the few remaining individuals in Europe are....

TeaLovingDave said:

A species I suspect I have little chance of seeing, given how elderly the few remaining individuals in Europe are....

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Then you should probably consider a trip to Africa .....

Hix said:

Then you should probably consider a trip to Africa .....

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Indeed. I'm two-for-two for Lappet-faced on trips to Africa.

Maguari said:

Indeed. I'm two-for-two for Lappet-faced on trips to Africa.

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I think I'm five out of seven, however the two trips in which I didn't see them were not within lappet-faced range (Cape Town and Morocco).
I think I've only ever seen them outside a national park/protected area once though, in Ethiopia.

I'm two for two in recent years as well - saw a pair on the way from Ishasha to Bwindi in Uganda 2013, and then saw a total of nine in Tanzania in 2014 (Serengeti, Ndutu, Ngorongoro and Tarangire).

I wasn't birdwatching on my Zimbabwe trip in 1985, although I did see a lot of vultures in Hwange - no idea what they were unfortunately.