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Trigonoceps occipitalis 

Linguistics
Actual scientific name :   Trigonoceps occipitalis 
     
Old scientific name :   Trigonoceps occipitalis 
     
French name :   Vautour à tête blanche
     
English name :   White-headed Vulture
     
Vernacular name :  
Ikubi; likubi, lioni, kipungu (Kibemba)
 


 

Zoology
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Description :   Large vulture sometimes observed in Katanga, amongst white-backes vultures. Head is triangular-looking. Neck and head are white. Naked face is pink. Bill is orange. 
     
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Behaviour :   It is the only vulture that attacks live preys, often monitor lizards. This picture shows an animal that was caught in a trap in teh Upemba Park. It wanted to feed on a dead oribi that was also caught in a trap.  
     
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Distribution in Katanga :   view map  
 
 
History, Ethnology, Sociology
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Legends, believes, folklore :   By the Bemba, the fruit lusuku is peeled and mixed with vulture's meat and with a dry leech. Seeds are put on a skin or in a pot that is shaken. During this action, the seer pronounces the name of the people who might want to harm the consultant. If the seed attaches to the pot it means that the noun that has been pronounced is the name of the person who has cast a spell. The vulture's meat give the bangwa the power to fall upon on the culprits's name, the leech give the lusuku the power to stick.  
     
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Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.



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