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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
20/05/2024 11:59:34 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Palm-nut Vulture*
Id (Atlas):
Gypohierax angolensis
Description (10 )
Palm-nut Vulture
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Other Names (World)
Palm-nut Vulture, Vulturine Fish-Eagle
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
60 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Gmelin, 1788)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Lesotho.
Senegambia east to Kenya coast and south to Angola and north-eastern South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is 240,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)... )
Listen to XC613298
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis ) [XC613298 ]
by Louis A. Hansen from Djomo, Bayanga, Sangha-Mbare, Central African Republic (call, courtship display call)
Listen to XC825931
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis ) [XC825931 ]
by id from Semuliki National Park, Uganda (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Palm-nut Vulture see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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