White-backed Vulture

By Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus

Status.

Category E

Native Range

Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa from Guinea and Senegal east to Sudan, south to Mozambique and west to Namibia but not in South Africa, Western DRC or Angola.

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 8 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

Where to see White-backed Vulture in captivity


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