White-backed vulture
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| phylum | Chordata | The White-backed Vulture is a typical vulture, with only down feathers on the head and neck, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It has a white neck ruff. The adult’s whitish back contrasts with the otherwise dark plumage. Juveniles are largely dark. This is a medium-sized vulture; its body mass is 4.2 to 7.2 kilograms (9.3–16 lb), it is 78 to 98 cm (31 to 39 in) long and has a 1.96 to 2.25 m (6 to 7 ft) wingspan.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Accipitriformes | |
| family | Accipitridae | |
| genus | Gyps | |
| species | G. africanus |
