Dutch Birding volume 25 (2003) no 3

Egyptian Vulture at Epen in May 2001

On 24 May 2001 just before dark, an adult Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus was discovered flying over Epen, Limburg, in the most south-eastern part of the Netherlands. Next morning, over 30 birders were lucky when the bird reappeared at c 10:00 and slowly flew off in a north-westerly direction. The identification was straightforward, based on the bird's size, mainly black and white plumage, slender yellow bill with dark tip and wedge-shaped tail. The bill colouration indicated that the bird belonged to the nominate subspecies. This record constitutes the first Egyptian Vulture for the Netherlands.

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