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White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) in Kruger National Park. This is the most gregarious and most common vulture in Kruger where there are approximately 2,000 pairs. They roost in large groups and depend on either the Bateleur or other vultures to lead them to a kill. When mammalian scavengers move away from a carcass, these vultures rush in, often driving off other vultures through their sheer weight of numbers. After they eat they go to a bathing place to wash off.