The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos, the only member of the genus Torgos) lives throughout Africa. It is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, nor does it detect smell well. Photographed in Serengeti National Park, which was established in 1940 in the eastern Mara and northeastern Simiyu Regions, in Tanzania, East Africa. UNESCO honors Serengeti National Park as a World Heritage Site. The Serengeti Plains and Ecosystem span the Mara and Arusha Regions of Tanzania.
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