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

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

Tui De Roy / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) and Ruppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppellii) group feeding on male Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti) carcass, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya

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

Sergey Gorshkov / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) landing on termite mound alongside Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres) and a Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), Botswana

Anup Shah / Head portrait of Lappet-faced vulture (Aegypius tracheliotus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Head portrait of two Lappet-faced vultures (Aegypius tracheliotus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Head portrait of Lappet-faced vulture (Aegypius tracheliotus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Head portrait of Lappet-faced vulture (Aegypius tracheliotus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

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

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

Vincent Grafhorst / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Botswana

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

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) group sitting on top of acacia tree in savannah, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) sunbathing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) perching on snag, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) pair, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) pair, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) pair, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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

Suzi Eszterhas / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) landing, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) flying, Masai Mara, Kenya

Gerry Ellis / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) spreading its wings, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

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.

Winfried Wisniewski / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) landing, Africa

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) one of the largest Vultures, strides toward carcass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) one of the largest Vultures, strides toward carcass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) flying in to join others at carcass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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

Shin Yoshino / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) pair feeding on carcass, Masai Mara, Kenya

Winfried Wisniewski / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) landing, Africa

Mitsuaki Iwago / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) group feeding on Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) carcass, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) landing, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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

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