White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
84 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Burchell, 1824)

Habitat
Mixed, dry woodland at low altitudes. Avoids semi-arid thornbelt areas. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola (NB), Benin (NB), Botswana (B), Burkina Faso (B), Burundi (NB), Cameroon (NB), Central African Republic (NB), Chad (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), C�te dIvoire (B), Djibouti (B), Eritrea (NB), Ethiopia (B), Gabon (NB), Gambia (B), Ghana (B), Guinea (NB), Guinea-bissau (NB), Kenya (B), Malawi (B), Mali (B), Mauritania (B), Mozambique (NB), Namibia (B), Niger (B), Nigeria (B), Rwanda (B), Senegal (B), Somalia (B), South Africa (B), Sudan (B), Swaziland (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Togo (NB), Uganda (B), Zambia (B), Zimbabwe (B).

Senegal east to Ethiopia (including Dahlak Archipelago) and Somalia, then south to Namibia and northern South Africa.

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

Population
Estimated population is 7,000 - 12,500 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

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