Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
EN
Egyptian Vulture*
Id (Atlas):
Neophron percnopterus
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Egyptian Vulture
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Other Names (World)
Egyptian Vulture, White Scavenger Vulture, Scavenger Vulture, Pharaoh's Chicken
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
55 - 70 cm
Wingspan: 146 - 175 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Lowland and montane regions over open, often arid, country.
Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Angola, Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (P), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, China (mainland), Côte dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B), Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (B), Gambia, Georgia (B) (P), Ghana, Gibraltar (P), Greece (B) (P), Guinea, Guinea-bissau, India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B) (NB), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B) (P), Italy (B) (P), Jordan (B) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait (B), Kyrgyzstan (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Moldova [Republic of] (B), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Namibia, Nepal (B), Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B) (NB), Pakistan (B), Palestinian Authority Territories (B), Portugal (B) (P), Romania (B), Russia (European) (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Serbia (B), Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain (B) (NB) (P), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Ukraine (B) (NB), United Arab Emirates (B) (NB), Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara (B), Yemen (B) (NB) (P), Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lesotho, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Russia (Central Asian), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, United Kingdom.
Population
Estimated population is 21,000 - 67,200 (2011) and decreasing.
Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Habits
Usually solitary. Small groups at feeding sites.
Food
Carrion, tortoises, organic waste, insects, young vertebrates, eggs, animal faeces.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)... )
Listen to XC423966
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus ) [XC423966 ]
by from Parque Nacional de Monfrag\u00fce (near Torrej\u00f3n el Rubio), C\u00e1ceres, Extremadura, Spain (call, calls on nest)
Listen to XC654205
Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus ) [XC654205 ]
by id from Valle de Escuain, Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (alarm call, call)
Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Southern Europe east to central Asia (eastern Kazakhstan) and north-western India, and southern through northern Africa, Arabia and Sahel zone to northern Tanzania, south-western Angola and north-western Namibia. Also Canary Is, Cape Verde Is and Socotra.
ginginianus (Latham, 1790) - Nepal and India (except north-western).
majorensis Donázar et al., 2002 - Canary Islands (Fuerteventura I.).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Egyptian Vulture see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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