It's the early (carrion) bird that....
A pair of White-headed Vultures photographed near their nest in rather poor morning light.
Unlike most vultures these birds rise early and have often eaten their fill from a carcase before the Gyps vultures arrive. This image was taken about an hour after sunrise and they had clearly just fed (a feed from the previous night would not result in a crop this distended the next morning).
White-headed Vultures are territorial so it is very unusual to see more than a pair at a carcase. Whilst having a wide range in Sub-Saharan Africa they are nowhere numerous.
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Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
