Rüppell's Vulture

Gyps rueppelli

Native of Africa & are regular vagrants to Southern Spain.

Mainly in September.

Both sexes look alike: mottled brown or black overall with a whitish-brown underbelly and thin, dirty-white fluff covering the head and neck.

The base of the neck has a white collar, the eye is yellow or amber, the crop patch deep brown.

The head does not have feathers.

This is an adaptation that occurred because of the Rüppell's Vulture's tendency to stick its head inside of its prey when eating. Without the adaptation, feeding would become extremely messy.

There's a slight yellow line of underwing, which Eurasian Griffon Vultures lack.