Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Ruppell's weaver (Ploceus galbula) male building nest, Oman, May

Ingo Waschkies / Ruppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppellii), Masai Mara, Kenya

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / White-backed Vulture (Gyps Africanus) feeding, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Guy Edwardes / Ruppell's Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) flying against storm clouds, coming in to land on carcass Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Edwin Giesbers / Ruppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) group, Tanzania

Loic Poidevin / Ruppel's starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera) in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Alain Dragesco-Joffe / Rüppell's fox (Vulpes rueppellii) dens on a stony ground, Tenere, Sahara, Niger.

Jen Guyton / Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabble over an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana), Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. Dozens of vultures can feed on t...

Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at the drying and deflated skin of an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) look on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hye...

Jen Guyton / Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed on an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana), Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The elephant was killed by government...

Jen Guyton / Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta), Rüppell's griffon vultures (Gyps rueppelli) and white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) at the carcass of an elephant (Loxodonta africana), as the night and day shifts...

Jen Guyton / Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) and spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) pick at an elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcass at dawn, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. This elephant was killed by governme...