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The Vulture scavenger (Necrosyrtes monachus), also called neophron monk or brown pereopteran, is a species of raptors of the family Accipitridae. It is the only species of the genus Necrosyrtes.

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Français : C'est l'un des plus petits vautours du vieux monde avec une longueur de 70 cm et un masse moyenne de 2,12 kg. Il a une tête dénudée rose et une calotte grisâtre. Il est assez uniformément brun sombre. Il a de vastes ailes pour pouvoir planer et la queue courte. C'est une espèce faible par rapport à la plupart des vautours.

C'est un charognard, se nourrissant essentiellement de cadavres d'animaux et des déchets qu'il repère en survolant la savane et les alentours des habitations humaines, y compris les décharges et les abattoirs. Il se déplace souvent en troupe et est très abondant. Dans une grande partie de son territoire, il y en a toujours plusieurs de visibles haut dans le ciel à n'importe quel moment durant la journée.

Il n'a généralement pas peur des humains et se réunit souvent autour des habitations. Il est parfois dénommé le ramasseur d'ordures par les locaux. Dans certaines cultures il est interdit de manger les animaux nécrophages dont le vautour fait partie. Il niche dans un nid fait de branchages placé dans un arbre (souvent un palmier) dans une grande partie de l'Afrique, pondant un œuf. La population est majoritairement sédentaire.

S'il est perturbé lorsqu'il est dans son nid, il pousse un couinement.

Cette image a été prise autour du parc national de la pendjari nord du pays
English: It is one of the smallest old world vultures with a length of 70 cm and an average mass of 2.12 kg. He has a pink stripped head and a greyish cap. It is quite uniformly dark brown. It has wide wings for gliding and short tail. It is a weak species compared to most vultures.

It is a scavenger, feeding mainly on dead animals and garbage it spotted flying over the savannah and around human dwellings, including landfills and slaughterhouses. He often travels in a troop and is very abundant. In much of its territory, there are always many visible high in the sky at any time during the day.

He is generally not afraid of humans and often meets around homes. He is sometimes referred to as the garbage collector by the locals. In some cultures it is forbidden to eat necrophagous animals whose vulture is part of it. It nests in a nest made of branches placed in a tree (often a palm tree) in a large part of Africa, laying an egg. The population is mostly sedentary.

If he is disturbed while in his nest, he squeals.

This image was taken around the North Punjari National Park of the country
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Author AMADOU BAHLEMAN FARID
Camera location10° 10′ 57.12″ N, 1° 05′ 57.45″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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