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Lappet-faced Vulture* |
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Lappet-faced Vulture
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Other Names (World)
Lappet-faced Vulture, African Black Vulture, African King Vulture, Nubian Vulture
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
78 - 115 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Forster, 1791)
Habitat
Dry savannah, arid plains, deserts and open mountain slopes, memi-arid or desert areas with only scattered trees and short grass. From sea-level - 3,500 m.
Angola (NB), Benin (NB), Botswana (B) (NB), Burkina Faso (B) (NB), Cameroon, Central African Republic (NB), Chad (B) (NB), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B) (NB), Côte dIvoire (NB), Djibouti (NB), Egypt (B) (NB), Equatorial Guinea (NB), Eritrea (NB), Ethiopia (B) (NB), Gambia (NB), Israel (E) (B) (NB), Jordan (E) (B) (NB), Kenya (B) (NB), Malawi (B) (NB), Mali (B) (NB), Mauritania (B) (NB), Mozambique (B) (NB), Namibia (B) (NB), Niger (B) (NB), Oman (B) (NB), Palestinian Authority Territories (NB), Rwanda (B) (NB), Saudi Arabia (B) (NB), Senegal (B) (NB), Somalia (B) (NB), South Africa (B) (NB), Sudan (B) (NB), Swaziland (B) (NB), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B) (NB), Uganda (NB), United Arab Emirates (B) (NB), Yemen (B) (NB), Zambia (B) (NB), Zimbabwe (B) (NB).
Vagrant to Algeria, Burundi (NB), France, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Morocco, Togo.
Unknown to Nigeria (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Western Sahara (E).
Population
Estimated population is 5700 (2020) and decreasing.
Status EN
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Food
Mainly carrion. But also known to hunt, probably taking a variety of small reptiles, fish, birds and mammals, and has been observed apparently group-hunting flamingo.
Voice
Various hisses and cackles given at nest and, in aggression, at food.
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus). Validity of subspecies questionable, as variation may be largely individual and clinal.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- tracheliotos (Forster, 1791) - Extreme south-western Morocco; southern Mauritania east to Ethiopia and Kenya, south to South Africa.
- nubicus (H. Smith, 1829) - Egypt and northern Sudan.
- negevensis Bruun, Mendelssohn & Bull, 1981 - Southern Israel and Arabian Peninsula.
References
See References.
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