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Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

The Palm-nut Vulture is a special bird that loves to eat palm nuts! It has a unique look with a big beak and fluffy feathers. These birds are often seen soaring high in the sky.

Lebensraum: Coastal areas

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The Palm-nut Vulture has a striking appearance with its mostly white body and bold black flight feathers on its wings and tail. It features a bright, bare orange-red face and a sturdy yellow beak, making it look very different from most other vultures.

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Palm-nut Vulture
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Palm-nut Vulture

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

It uses its strong, hooked beak to pluck oil palm fruits directly from trees.

These vultures sometimes build enormous nests, measuring over a meter wide, high in palm trees.

Unlike other vultures, its diet is mostly vegetarian, focusing on oil palm fruits!

Young Palm-nut Vultures are brown and don't get their white adult feathers until years later.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Palm Fruit Feast

Palm-nut Vulture can eat tough oil palm fruit because of its unique digestive system, helping it thrive where other vultures cannot.

Fähigkeit

Aquatic Hunter

Palm-nut Vulture can actively catch fish and crabs from water, an unusual skill for a vulture, helping it find diverse food.

Fähigkeit

Effortless Soarer

Palm-nut Vulture has broad, strong wings that help it soar effortlessly for hours, allowing it to scan vast areas for food.

Maße und Details

Länge
45-60 cm
Flügelspannweite
130-150 cm
Gewicht
1.3-1.7 kg
Lebenserwartung
15-30 Jahre
Top Speed
60 km/h
Gelegegröße
1-2
Brutzeit
44-50 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

Unlike most vultures, this unique bird primarily eats oil palm fruit, fish, and crabs!

Hauptnahrung

  • Oil palm fruit
  • Fish
  • Crabs
  • Small reptiles
  • Carrion

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Oil Palm

Elaeis guineensis

Their primary food source is the fruit of this tree.

eats

Nile Tilapia

Oreochromis niloticus

They actively catch and eat various fish species.

eats

African Land Crab

Cardisoma armatum

They frequently prey on crabs found in coastal areas.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch birds from a distance and never try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Palm-nut Vulture?

45-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Palm-nut Vulture?

130-150 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Palm-nut Vulture?

1.3-1.7 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Palm-nut Vulture?

15-30 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Palm-nut Vulture?

60 km/h

Was frisst Palm-nut Vulture?

Unlike most vultures, this unique bird primarily eats oil palm fruit, fish, and crabs!

Wo findet man Palm-nut Vulture normalerweise?

Coastal areas

Wie jagt Palm-nut Vulture?

Foraging

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