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Attempted Verreaux’s Eagle predation on Rüppell’s Vulture and breeding observations at Lake Kwenia colony, Kenya


Simon Thomsett
James Aldred

Abstract

A Verreaux’s Eagle (Aquila verreauxii) was observed to attack in mid-air a fully grown juvenile Rüppell’s Vulture (Gyps rueppellii). This event including observations on the breeding of these vultures at Kwenia are presented. Other notes are given for the nesting of Rüppell’s Vultures at this site.

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