Species of Concern
White-Backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Also known as: African White-Backed Vulture
Habitat
Ground
Diet
VertFishScav
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
5.4 kg
CRAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridae
Seasonal Activity
135,703 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
Traits
- Diet
- VertFishScav
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 5.4 kg
Photo
(c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.