Hooded Vultures with Maribou Stork

Hooded Vultures in foreground with Maribou Stork: A size comparison of the little Hooded Vultures alongside the big Marabou. Because of their small, weak beaks they are restricted to picking up the scraps left behind by the bigger birds. [Serengeti, Tanzania].

Hooded Vulture with Maribou Stork

Hooded Vulture (foreground) feeding on the scraps being left by by the much larger Whitebacked Vulture (R), and the still larger Marabou Stork, that is pulling on a length of small intestine. [Serengeti, Tanzania].

Hooded & Whitebacked Vultures together

A Hooded Vulture standing with a Whitebacked Vulture, Southern Africa's second largest vulture. The two seem to be very peacefull together here, but if there were some carrion, the big fellow would grab a much larger share of the spoils. [Botswana].

Hooded Vultures squabbling

Hooded Vultures squabbling over scraps. [Shinde Island, Botswana];