palm-nut vulture
gypohierax angolensis latin

A few species may opportunistically feed on fruit and in one species, the Palm-nut Vulture, it forms the major part of the diet.

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Home of the Palm-nut Vulture, which is one of the rarest birds of prey in South Africa.

Bird species in the area include the Palm-nut Vulture, Pel's Fishing Owl, White-backed Night-heron, and kingfishers.

Old World vultures are probably a polyphyletic group within Accipitridae, with Palm-nut Vulture, Egyptian Vulture and Lammergeier separate from the others.

Mtunzini is a bird watchers paradise and is renowned as one of the few places where one of South Africa's rarest birds of prey, the Palm-nut Vulture, is found.

Avifauna recorded consists of 27 bird species in the forests, out of which the endemic species are hadada, the African Goshawk, the palm-nut vulture, Scops owl, the malachite kingfisher and the Pemba white-eye.

The vultures that occur in South Africa are Old World vultures, locally represented by the Lappet-faced Vulture, the White-backed Vulture, the Cape Vulture and the highly unusual Palm-nut Vulture.

The Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or Vulturine Fish Eagle, is a very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles.

The Sancturay was also home to the southern-most breeding pair of Palmnut Vultures (Gypohierax angolensis) in 2009.

The Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or Vulturine Fish Eagle, is a very large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles.