Animal Portraits Gallery

BIC01289

Black-faced impala
(Aepyceros melampus petersi),
male. Angola and Namibia subspecies.
Etosha National Park, Namibia

© Attila Bicskos/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

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Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)

Hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus), close, showing the thin beak that can extract meat from bones, and also get insects. Zoo animal. Origin: Mauritania east to Ethiopia, and south to Namibia and South Africa

© Rod Williams/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

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Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata)

Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata), showing robust hooked bill for digging up roots and bulbs in dry soil. Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia

© Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

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