Egyptian Vulture

Healthy adults do not have many predators, but human activities pose many threats. Collisions with power lines, hunting, intentional poisoning, lead accumulation from ingesting gunshot in carcasses, and pesticide accumulation take a toll on populations. Young birds at the nest are sometimes taken by golden eagles, eagle owls, and red foxes. Only rarely do adult birds attempt to drive away predators. Young birds that fall off of cliff ledges may be preyed on by mammalian predators such as jackals, foxes and wolves. Like all birds they serve as hosts for ectoparasitic birdlice including Aegypoecus perspicuus as well as organisms that live within them such as mycoplasmas.

Egyptian vultures roost communally on large trees, buildings or on cliffs.

They feed on a range of food, including mammal faeces insects in dung, carrion, vegetable matter, and sometimes small animals.

The nest is an untidy platform of twigs lined with rags and placed on a cliff ledge. The typical clutch consists of two eggs