Anup Shah / Lappet-faced vultures (Aegypius / Torgos tracheliotos) head portrait, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture approaching carcass (Torgos tracheliotus) Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} being attacked by an aggresive Black backed jackal {Canis mesomelas} Etosha NP, Namibia

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture approaching carcass, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) adult in flight, Etosha National Park, Namibia October

Diane McAllister / Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) juvenile preparing for take off from the top of an Umbrella thorn tree, Tanzania

Thomas Rabeil / Lappet Faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficolis) at a animal skeleton. Dilia Achetinamou, Termit Tin Toumma National Park, Sahelo-Saharan Biome, Niger.

Thomas Rabeil / Lappet Faced Vultures (Torgos tracheliotos) and Ruppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) perched and on ground. Dilia Achetinamou, Termit Tin Toumma National Park, Sahelo-Saharan Biome, Niger.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) feeding on Wildebeest carcass. Masai Mara, Kenya, September.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) portrait. Masai Mara, Kenya, September.

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture (Torgus tracheliotus) in flight, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Thomas Rabeil / Two Lappet Faced Vultures (Torgos Tracheliotos) perching. Dilia Achetinamou, Niger, Africa.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lappet-faced / Torgo vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) in flight. Simien Mountains, Ethiopia, Feb 2010

Anup Shah / Lappet-faced vultures (Aegypius / Torgos tracheliotos) head portrait, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} two at food, Oman, December

Inaki Relanzon / Lappet-faced / Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) perched in tree, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya. August

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lappet-faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} in flight, Muscat, Oman

Piper Mackay / Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) portrait, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Lappet-faced Vulture {Aegypius tracheliotus} Masai Mara Triangle, Kenya

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} threat posture, Etosha NP, Namibia, January

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} with Ostrich egg at sunrise, East Africa

Anup Shah / Lappet face vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) attacks White backed vultures (Gyps africanus) squabbling over carcass remains, Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} landing, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Pete Oxford / Lappet-faced Vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} and Whiteheaded Vulture {Trigonoceps occipatalis} Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Paul Hobson / Nubian / Lappet faced Vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} adult, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Peter Blackwell / Lappet faced vultures {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Jabruson / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Tsavo East NP. Kenya, Africa

Peter Blackwell / Lappet faced vulture landing {Torgos tracheliotus} Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Peter Blackwell / Lappet faced / Nubian vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} & Black backed jackal in dispute over carcass. Masai Mara, Kenya

Constantinos Petrinos / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Constantinos Petrinos / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lappet faced vulture flying {Torgos tracheliotus} Sunub, Oma

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Sunub, Oman

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vulture displaying walking {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Peter Blackwell / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Barrie Britton / Lappet faced vultures feeding, Masi Mara, Kenya, Africa

Hermann Brehm / Lappet Faced Vulture scavenging dead zebra

LYNN M. STONE / Lappet-faced vulture {Torgus tracheliotus} close-up of face. Captive.

Peter Blackwell / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture drying wings {Torgos tracheliotus} Etosha NP, Namibia

Sharon Heald / Lappet faced vulture {Torgos tracheliotus} Etosha NP, Namibia

Anup Shah / Lappet faced vultures scavenging at carcass, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa

Tony Heald / Lappet faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) in scrubland, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Mike Read / Two Lappet faced vultures {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara Kenya

Mike Read / Lappet faced vulture in threat posture {Torgos tracheliotus} Masai Mara Kenya