This vulture has been infected by the Whisper Virus originally observed by the folks at TheMenagerieMacloed. It has sprouted some beautiful, yet eerie looking mushrooms. No longer are they the creature they once were, but a shell at the control of the virus.
This vulture was part of an art trade with TheMenagerieMacloed. The cockatrice chick featured below, who we named Akantha, is one of their whisper infected creatures. As kind a gesture as the gift was, it seems it has had some rather disastrous effects for the vulture!