What is White-backed vulture?
{{Taxobox | name = White-backed Vulture | image = 2012-white-backed-vulture.jpg | image_caption = Adult in [[Etosha National Park]], [[Namibia]] | status = NT | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = {{sfn|IUCN redlist}} | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = Accipitriformes | familia = Accipitridae | genus = ''Gyps'' | species = '''''G. africanus''''' | binomial = ''Gyps africanus'' | binomial_authority = ([[Tommaso Salvadori|Salvadori]], 1865) }} [[File:Vautour africain MHNT.jpg|thumb|Egg of ''Gyps africanus'']] The '''White-backed Vulture''' is a bird of the family Accipitridae which also includes [[eagle]]s and [[hawk]]s. They live in the African grasslands. They eat the leftovers of big cats. After their meal, they clean their [[feather]]s well so that they are always in good flying condition.<ref>{{cite book| author2 = Hilary Bird, Paul Kilgour, Jenny Sharman| last = Morris| first = Neil| title = Children's First Encyclopedia| year = 1998| location = Italy| isbn = 978-1-84084-332-3| page = 151 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q281874}} [[Category:Birds of Africa]] [[Category:Vultures]] [[Category:Accipitriformes]] {{biology-stub}}