Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
French: Vautour africain German: Weißrückengeier Spanish: Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano
Other common names: White backed (Griffon) Vulture
Taxonomy:
Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865, Sennar, Sudan.
Forms superspecies with G. bengalensis, with which has been considered conspecific; these two sometimes partitioned off in genus Pseudogyps, on grounds of usually having 12 not 14 rectrices. Possibility of three geographically discrete populations that differ on size, but not named. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mauritania E to Ethiopia and S to N and E South Africa.
- Near Threatened
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A bird feeding on road-killed goats, even while a large truck passes by Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A bird feeding on road-killed goats, being harassed by a side-striped jackal Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4 years ago 29 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding quickly on a road-killed goat Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A group waiting near carrion and not scared away when two local girls pass with a herd of goats Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting on its talons and preening Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 4 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A jackal driving off a mixed group from carrion and taking one by neck Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Brooke Clibbon 17 December 2002 4 years ago 17 sec 4.2
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African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) at Khwai River, Botswana Botswana
LHarding 20 November 2008 51 weeks ago 3.7 -
Group of birds feeding on the death buffalo. Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
Libor Vaicenbacher 1 October 2009 5 weeks ago 3 -
Flying White-backed Vulture Serengeti National Park, Serengeti, Tanzania (africanus)
Susanne Rintelen 17 May 2008 18 weeks ago 2.8 -
African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) on a donkey carcass at Makgadikgadi Pan, Botswana Botswana
LHarding 26 November 2008 1 year ago 2.5
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