Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Length 60-70 cm. A small distinctive black and white vulture with a yellow face, slender yellow bill, shaggy ruff, and short greyish legs. The juvenile is dark brown becoming whiter with each successive molt until it reaches adulthood at five years. The Egyptian Vulture inhabits mountainous desert and semi-desert and feeds mainly on carrion. It is known to drop stones from a height onto ostrich eggs to crack them so it can feed on the contents. This bird is solitary and monogamous; it nests on cliffs where the nest is usually lined abundantly with wool, hair, and remains of food but occasionally with scarcely any material. The two eggs are incubated for 42 days by both parents. Sexual maturity is attained at four to five years. This bird is a common migrant and a resident breeder in the Eastern Desert and Sinai.Eastern Desert and Sinai.