top of page

​Desert Terrarium
Anjali P, Joe M, Katie S, Sam D, Sam F, Rachel S
It is a vulture

Lappet-Faced Vulture
​
Scientific Name- Torgos trachelitotos
Kingdom- Animalia
Phylum- Chordata
Class- Aves
Order- Accipitriformes
Family- Accipitridae
Genus- Torgos
Species- trachelitotos
​
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.
bottom of page