Hooded gam, vi ser många av dessa fåglar i Gambia. Vanligtvis på vår vanliga strandpromenader to Sanyang on Sundays. There is usually a dead fish, turtle or some such thing and guaranteed anything from one to thirty vultures eagerly ripping at the carcus.
Fågelinformation.
Var kan vi se en gam?
The Hooded vultures pictured above were fotograferade at the quarry on the way to the beach and approximately midway between us and Sanyang. You can expect to find them anywhere there is a dead and rotting fish or animal.
Hur ser en huvgam ut?
It is a scruffy-looking, small vulture with dark brown plumage, a long thin bill, bare crown, face and fore-neck, and a downy nape and hind-neck. Its face is usually a light red colour. The hooded vulture is a typical vulture, with a head that is usually pinkish-white, but flushes red when agitated and a grey to black “hood”. It has fairly uniform dark brown body plumage and broad wings for soaring with short tail feathers. This is one of the smaller Old World vultures.
They are 62–72 cm long, have a 155–180 cm wingspan and a body weight of 1.5–2.6 kg. Both sexes appear alike, although females often have longer eyelashes than males. Juveniles look like adults, only darker and plainer, and body feathers have a purplish sheen. Källa Wikipedia
Vad matar den på?
Allt dött och även ibland på insekter som termiter när de dyker upp i stort antal.
Vill du veta en intressant Factoid?
It is critically endangered in most of the world except, in West Africa the biggest numbers are found right here in The Gambia.
Hur låter det?
De gör inte mycket ljud men de har en visselpipa när de kopplas.
