mostly bare pink face; grey neck (Zoo; 2012-09-19)


Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus

Native Range: Africa

Notes: a rather small vulture with a bare pink-grey head and neck with some downy feathers; juvenile's head is grey with a pale bill; in flight, wings are broad and the tail is rounded.


pair roosting (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

dark brown-black plumage; slender bill (Zoo; 2012-09-19)