Hooded vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus · Accipitridae

The hooded vulture is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Necrosyrtes, which is sister to the larger Gyps genus, both of which are a part of the Aegypiinae subfamily of Old World vultures. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it has a widespread distribution with populations in southern, East and West Africa.

Where the Hooded vulture lives

Recorded in Gambia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana (Africa).

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, West Coast, Banjul, Limpopo, Matabeleland North and Northern.

See the Hooded vulture’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Critically endangered (CR). In very great danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 74,816 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.