The now almost extinct
Eastern European vulture, Catharsis Aura Heinziensis, coll. known as the soop vulture from its erst-while habit of appearing unannounced and unwelcome at evening meal-time in small villages and communities in the mountains.
Former habitat and range included Carpathia. Bohemia, present-day Hungary and Transylvania, where they found an uncommon
association with the late Count Dracula, eventually
manifesting themselves over the centuries into the semblance of servants of this unpopular aristocrat. The sole known survivor of this species, Ignatz Maximilian, resides oftwhiles in the UK as the retainer of HE The Lord S.