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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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White-headed Vulture* |
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Trigonoceps occipitalis |
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Description (10)
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White-headed Vulture
© animal.photos
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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.
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), Côte 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.
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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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BirdLife International
For more information about the White-headed Vulture see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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