White-backed vulture

Gyps africanus · Accipitridae

The white-backed vulture is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the most common vulture species in the continent of Africa.

Where the White-backed vulture lives

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

Most records fall in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Rift Valley, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and North-West.

See the White-backed 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 147,729 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.