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It is a vulture

Lappet-Faced Vulture

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Scientific Name- Torgos trachelitotos

Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum- Chordata

Class- Aves

Order- Accipitriformes

Family- Accipitridae

Genus- Torgos

Species- trachelitotos

 

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The Lappet-Faced vulture is the largest vulture beside the Cinereous vulture, which is closely related to it. It has a black-brown mixture of feathers and a bald head. It feeds on carcasses of any animal. It is known to catch fish but is not very good at it, so they usually just wait until the fish dies to eat it.    

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