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“The mountains support a population of the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), significant in the Middle East since the species is threatened and declining in the region; it is listed as vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.”
“The lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotus), is considered vulnerable by BirdLife International (2000) and is found throughout the ecoregion.”
“The poisoning of predators has disastrous effects for other species, and has caused a large decline in lappet-faced vultures.”
“Eight species, including the wattled crane, lappet-faced vulture and the Cape parrot are already extinct ...," it states.”
“Though the lappet-faced vulture is the largest of the Old World vultures, and is known for its aggression and belligerence, the chicks were remarkably docile.”
“White-backed and lappet-faced vultures; marabou storks with their ghastly death's-heads; secretary birds taller than a 10-year-old and black-chested snake eagles converged in such numbers the trees seemed certain to tip under the load.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lappet-faced’.
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The Aubrey/Maturin List I'm Gonna Mak...
I'm wading through Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels one by one, and someday, I'll wade through them again and list all the words I learned while reading them.
Edit: I started ma...studdingsail, carronade, mumchance, grumlin-futtocks, crosscat-harpings, holystone, sennit, orlop, orchitis, negus, kevel, altumal and 1112 more...
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lappet-faced.
skipvia Further evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs... Feb 20, 2008
reesetee Yes indeed. A true beauty. Feb 19, 2008
chained_bear Wow, you really can see her pale, well-rounded thighs. Feb 19, 2008
reesetee Here you go. :-)
C_b, I've heard that O'Brian's novels include a lot of discussion on birds. That so? Feb 19, 2008
chained_bear "'There, there!' cried Stephen. 'Below the storks—to the right—that is a lappet-faced vulture, my dear sir. My lappet-faced vulture at last. You can see her pale, well-rounded thighs, almost white.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 56 Feb 19, 2008