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Cape Vulture

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The Cape Vulture is a large bird known for its impressive wingspan. These vultures help keep nature clean by eating dead animals!

Lebensraum: Cape Vultures live in open grasslands and savannas in southern Africa.

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The Cape Vulture is a large, pale-bodied raptor with striking dark flight feathers. Its long, bare bluish-grey neck and head, which can flush pink, contrast sharply with its creamy plumage, making it visually distinctive.

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Cape Vulture

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

Mach den ersten Snap!

Interessante Fakten

Baby Cape Vultures are covered in fluffy white down and are called 'chicks'.

Cape Vultures have a 'crop' to store a giant meal for later!

They build huge nests on steep cliff ledges for safety!

They can fly incredibly high, sometimes up to 10,000 feet (3,000 meters)!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Cape Vultures can soar effortlessly for hours using warm air currents, helping them save energy over vast distances.

Cape Vultures have a super acidic stomach that destroys harmful bacteria in rotting meat, keeping them healthy.

Cape Vultures often find food by watching other vultures, which helps them locate distant carcasses faster.

Cape Vultures have a featherless neck that helps them stay clean while feeding deep inside carcasses.

Maße und Details

Länge: 96-115 cm
Flügelspannweite: 226-260 cm
Gewicht: 7-11 kg
Lebenserwartung: 20-35 Jahre
Top Speed: 60 km/h
Gelegegröße: 1
Brutzeit: 55-60 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These magnificent birds are nature's clean-up crew, eating only dead animals to keep ecosystems tidy!

Hauptnahrung

carcasses of large mammals
dead birds
small carrion

Nahrungssuche

Scavenging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

domestic cattle

Bos taurus

Eats dead cattle, helping to clean up farm landscapes.

eats

blue wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus

Scavenges on carcasses of wildebeest, preventing disease.

eaten by

Verreaux's Eagle

Aquila verreauxii

Eggs and chicks can be prey for large raptors like eagles.

depends on

lion

Panthera leo

Vultures often follow lions, depending on their kills for food.

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Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.