Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te 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)...)

Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) [XC620857]
by Louis A. Hansen from Ngezi Forest, Pemba North Region, Pemba island, Tanzania (song)

Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) [XC633973]
by Brendan Sloan from Pemba North, Ngezi Forest edge, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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