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 CR    Ruppell's Vulture* Id (Atlas):
    Gyps rueppelli

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Ruppell's Vulture, Rueppell's Griffon, Ruppell's Griffon

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
85 - 107 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Brehm, 1852)

Habitat
Open areas of Acacia woodland, grassland and montane regions.

Range (Guide)
Algeria (B) (NB), Benin (B) (NB), Burkina Faso (B) (NB), Burundi (B) (NB), Cameroon (B) (NB), Central African Republic (B) (NB), Chad (B) (NB), Côte dIvoire (B) (NB), Djibouti (B) (NB), Eritrea (B) (NB), Ethiopia (B) (NB), Gambia (B) (NB), Ghana (B) (NB), Guinea (B) (NB), Guinea-bissau (B) (NB), Kenya (B) (NB), Mali (B) (NB), Mauritania (B) (NB), Niger (B) (NB), Nigeria (B) (NB), Rwanda (B) (NB), Senegal (B) (NB), Somalia (B) (NB), Sudan (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Togo (B) (NB), Uganda (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Egypt, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Zambia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 30,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat loss through agricultural conversion, incidental poisoning, persecution and at least historically, the loss of wild ungulates, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
R\u00fcppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) [XC300326]
     by Peter Boesman from Portuguese bridge, Debre Libanos, Ethiopia (call)

 
R\u00fcppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) [XC750392]
     by Fernand DEROUSSEN from Hells Gate National Park (near Sulmac Village), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) and Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres), and possibly also with Himalayan Griffon (Gyps himalayensis) and Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • rueppelli (Brehm, 1852)   -  South-western Mauritania east to Sudan, north to Aír Massif (north-western Niger) and south to Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania.
  • erlangeri Salvadori, 1908   -  Ethiopia, Eritrea and north-western Somalia, possibly ranging to southern Arabia.


Similar Species
Within its range this species could be confused with Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) or White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus), however, both of those species are less mottled and have uniform light brown body plumage. White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) has an all dark bill.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Ruppells Vulture (Gyps rueppelli) - 10 files


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