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Of course, the scavengers are omnipresent in the Serengeti!

Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus

The hooded vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald head that is usually white, but flushes red when agitated and a greyish “hood”. It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage. It has broad wings for soaring and short tail feathers. It is a small species compared to most vultures.

Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals and waste which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation, including waste tips and abattoirs. It often moves in flocks, and is very abundant. In much of its range, there are always several visible soaring in the sky at almost any time during the day.

This vulture is typically unafraid of humans, and frequently gathers around habitation. It is sometimes referred to as the “garbage collector” by locals.

This image was captured in the Ndutu area, Serengeti, Tanzania while on photo safari with CNP Safaris. www.cnpsafaris.com

©2016 Duncan Blackburn
www.duncannaturephotography.com

Taken in: Tanzania (show map)

Taken on: March 1, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D4S, f/8.0, 1/6400 sec, 850mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

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