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The 16 species of Old World Vultures in a sensible evolutionary order – drawing by Katja Wolfram

The 16 species of Old World Vultures in a sensible evolutionary order – drawing by Katja Wolfram

Date: December 19, 2015

Tags: beardedvulture, cinereousvulture, egyptianvulture, griffonvulture

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