Cape Vulture

Gyps coprotheres - Vautour chassefiente

Systematics

Order
:
Accipitriformes
Family
:
Accipitridés
Genus
:
Gyps
Species
:
coprotheres

Descriptor

Forster, JR, 1798

Biometrics

Size
: 110 cm
Wingspan
: 228 à 255 cm.
Weight
:

Longevity

30 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Vautour chassefiente,
Buitre de El Cabo,
grifo-do-cabo,
Kapgeier,
fokföldi keselyű,
Kaapse Gier,
Grifone del Capo,
kapgam,
Kappgribb,
sup plavý,
sup kapský,
Kapgrib,
kapinkorppikotka,
Kransaasvoël,
voltor del Cap,
sęp przylądkowy,
Капский сип,
ケープシロエリハゲワシ,
南非兀鹫,
南非兀鷲,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Birds of Prey of Africa and its Islands, Alan and Meg Kemp
Roberts Bird Guide, Hugh Chittenden
Raptors of the World, a field guide, Ferguson-Lees James et Christie David
Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest