Melvin Grey / Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) adult spreading wings at edge of feeding frenzy, Ndutu, Tanzania

Christophe Courteau / Ruppell's bustard (Eupodotis rueppelii) feeding during a sand storm, Sossusvlei, Namib-Nauckluft National Park, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Jen Guyton / Ruppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabble over an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) The elephant was killed by government officials after it k...

Jen Guyton / Ruppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabble over an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana); the elephant was killed by government officials after it...

Jen Guyton / Ruppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabble over an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana). the elephant was killed by government officials after it...

Jen Guyton / Ruppell's griffon vultures 1+Gyps rueppelli+2 on an elephant carcass 1+Loxodonta africana+2; the elephant was killed by government officials after it killed a man. Laikipia Plateau, Kenya

Jen Guyton / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) stops to look while white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and Rüppell's vultures (Gyps rueppelli) pick at the final remains of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana)...

Christophe Courteau / Ruppell's vulture (Gyps rueppellii) coming in to land near carcass. Ndutu Plain. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

Christophe Courteau / Ruppell's korhaan (Eupodotis rueppelii) in the red dunes of Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia, October

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) male perched on twig, Oman, August

Nick Garbutt / Ruppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppellii) over Ol Karien Gorge, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.

David Pattyn / Ruppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii) flying in to land on carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, August