White-backed vulture: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the white-backed vulture lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gyps africanus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Africa
Mass	214 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the white-backed vulture live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-backed vulture in 16 countries and territories across Africa. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.

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.

How big is a white-backed vulture?

Wikidata records the following for the white-backed vulture: mass 214 g (birth weight).

Is the white-backed vulture endangered?

The white-backed vulture’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the white-backed vulture?

The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Gyps. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-backed vulture

The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-backed vulture (revision 1380703750), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q281874 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).