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ForestPlatform nestHuge · 1.6 kg
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This is a nearly unmistakable bird as an adult. At 1.3–1.7 kg (2.9–3.7 lb) in weight, 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length and with a wingspan of 1.50 m (4.9 ft), this is the smallest Old World vulture. Its plumage is all white except for black areas in its wings and tail. It has a red patch around each eye. The juvenile, which takes 3–4 years to mature, is brown with yellow eye-patches. In flight, this species resembles an eagle more than a typical vulture, and it can sustain flapping flight, so it does not depend on thermals.
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When to see the Palm-nut Vulture
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Palm-nut Vulture
The map shades 29 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Mali.
About the Palm-nut Vulture
The palm-nut vulture or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax.
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Easily confused with
Pacific BazaAviceda subcristataThe Pacific baza is a slender, medium-sized bird, with a slim head and neck.
Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusThis is a medium to large-sized species of raptor, but small for an eagle.
Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalbertiThis is a large raptor and quite large eagle, broadly similar in size to its cousin, the eastern imperial eagle, which is found in a considerably different distributional range.
Side by side: Pacific Baza vs Palm-nut Vulture · Ornate Hawk-Eagle vs Palm-nut Vulture · Palm-nut Vulture vs Spanish Imperial Eagle
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