oricularis

Updated: May 11, 2025

Their common name is the sociable vulture Vultur oricularis. By the time we got up to the spot, the poor zebra was half torn to pieces by their powerful claws. The oricus having satisfied their hunger, and carried off what they required for their young, the buzzards approached, followed in a short time by the crows, who quickly denuded the bones of flesh.

William Henry Giles Kingston - In the Wilds of Africa