Lappert Faced Vulture Skull

Description

Lappert Faced Vulture Skull measures 6.0 inches. Lappert Faced Vulture Skull is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Skull is an adult male. Scientific name is aegypius tracheliotos. Our precise skull can be used as a teaching tool, museum skull exhibit, home decor skull, or office decor skull.

Lappert Faced vulture or aegypius tracheliotos is a large scavenger of north and south Africa, adjacent areas of Arabian peninsula. The vulture is a large scavenger of north and south Africa, adjacent areas of Arabian peninsula.

The lappert faced vulture or aegypius tracheliotos is a huge species, ranking as the longest and largest winged vulture in its range. Overall, the lappert faced vulture is blackish above with a strongly contrasting white thigh feathers. The black feathers on the back of African vultures are lined with brown, while Arabian birds are dark brown rather than black above. The underside can range from pure white to buff-brown.

Like many vultures, the lappert faced vulture or aegypius tracheliotos has a bald head. The head coloration can range from reddish in southern Africa to dull pink in more northern Africa to pink on the back of the head and gray on the front in the Arabian Peninsula.

The combination of the colorful head and fleshy folds on the side of it are distinctive. The bald head of the lappert faced vulture is advantageous, because a feathered head would become spattered with blood and other fluids, and thus be difficult to keep clean. While flying, lappert faced vultures or aegypius tracheliotos have large, broad wings held with the front edges held parallel and slightly pointed, serrated-looking wingtips. Compared to the somewhat similarly marked hooded vulture, it is considerably larger with a more massive bill and can only be confused at a great distance.

The lappert faced vulture or aegypius tracheliotos is a scavenging bird, feeding mostly from animal carcasses, which it finds by sight or by watching other vultures. More so than many other African vultures, they often find carrion on their own and start tearing through the skin. They are the most powerful and aggressive of the African vultures.

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