White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus - Vautour africain

Vautour africain
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Gyps

  • Species
    :

    africanus

Descriptor

Salvadori, 1865

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 94 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 218 à 220 cm.
  • Weight
    : 4200 à 7200 g
Longevity

19 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Vautour africain
adult
Vautour africain
adult

White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Vautour africain,
  • Buitre dorsiblanco africano,
  • grifo-de-dorso-branco,
  • Weißrückengeier,
  • fehérhátú keselyű,
  • Witruggier,
  • Grifone africano,
  • vitryggig gam,
  • Hvitryggribb,
  • sup hrdzavohnedý,
  • sup africký,
  • Hvidrygget Grib,
  • savannikorppikotka,
  • Witrugaasvoël,
  • voltor dorsiblanc africà,
  • sęp afrykański,
  • Африканский гриф,
  • コシジロハゲワシ,
  • 非洲白背兀鹫,
  • 白背兀鷲,

Voice song and cries

Vautour africain
juvenile

Habitat

Vautour africain

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 22-10-2022
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