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African White-backed Vulture 
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Publish Date : 31-08-2009
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African White-backed Vulture nat kruger national park Photo submitted by leon baarsen
The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus. Sometimes it is called African White-backed Vulture to distinguish it from the Oriental White-backed Vulture--nowadays usually called Indian White-rumped Vulture--to which it was formerly believed to be closely related.
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