Back to Animals
Exiting through the Kingdom of the Wild enclosure, you will have a view alongside the paddock and be able to discover our African vulture aviary housing white-backed vultures and Ruppells griffon vultures.
Animals in Vulture Valley
Birds
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Area:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Status:
Critically endangered
Quick Fact:
Vultures have bald heads to stop them getting dirty whilst eating!
Griffons can consume more than 3 pounds of meat in 4 to 5 minutes.
Birds
African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
Area:
Sahel region of Africa down to South Africa
Status:
Critically Endangered
Quick Fact:
Hundreds of African white-backed vultures gather to feed. They gorge themselves so much they cannot fly and then rest with wings spread and their backs facing the sun.