Lappet-faced vulture: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lappet-faced vulture lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Torgos tracheliotos
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the lappet-faced vulture live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lappet-faced vulture in 8 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lappet-faced vulture endangered?

The lappet-faced vulture’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lappet-faced vulture?

The lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Torgos. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lappet-faced vulture

The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only extant member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that family of birds.

The lappet-faced vulture was formerly considered monotypical, but now is separated into two subspecies. The nominate race lives throughout Africa. The subspecies T. t. negevensis, differing considerably in appearance from African vultures (as described below), is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lappet-faced vulture (revision 1379696636), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q838162 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).