Mzingo is a male white-backed vulture and the tertiary antagonist of the 2015 TV film The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar and its 2016 follow-up series The Lion Guard. He is one of Janja's affiliates and the leader of a flock of vultures that resides in the Outlands.
Appearances[]
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar[]
Mzingo overhears that Kion is assembling a Lion Guard and returns to the Outlands and reports this news to Janja who declares that he and his clan will strike the Pride Lands that night and sings "Tonight We Strike" which Mzingo joins in with.
Mzingo accompanies Janja and his clan when they attack the Pride Lands and cause a gazelle stampede which Kion's older sister Kiara gets caught in. However, Kion and his Lion Guard come to Kiara's rescue by getting the gazelles away from her and chase the hyenas away (with Kion using the Roar of the Elders against Janja) whilst Mzingo is defeated by The Lion Guard's keenest of sight member Ono who knocks him into a bush.
Trivia[]
- Mzingo could be seen as the villain counterpart of Zazu.
- Both are birds who serve a leader (Mzingo serves Janja whilst Zazu serves Simba (formerly Mufasa)
- Both speak with English accents