Lappet-faced Vulture (Aegypius tracheliotos) in Kruger National Park. The Lappet-faced Vulture is the largest resident vulture in Kruger and a threatened species. There are only an estimated 49 breeding pairs in the Park, each covering a territory of up to 900 square kilometres. They spend much of the day soaring and gliding at speeds of around 50km/h. Pairs rarely interact with other pairs but do congregate at kills and bathe together at water holes. At the site of a kill they use their size to bully other contenders off the carcass. Although they often arrive late at a kill they do not go hungry as they eat the skin, tendons and ligaments which other vultures find hard to process. Occasionally they take live animals and insects.