Cape vulture - Wikipedia
The Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Cape griffon and Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and lives mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and in some parts of northern …
Cape vulture - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The Cape vulture or Cape griffon (Gyps coprotheres), also known as "Kolbe's vulture", is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and lives mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and in some parts of northern …
Cape Vulture - eBird
Identification. Overall the Cape Griffon is creamy-white, much paler and larger than the White-backed Vulture. At close range, the adult’s eyes are honey-colored, and there is a speckled stripe along the middle of the wing.
Cape Vulture - Project Vulture
The Cape Vulture is southern Africa’s only endemic vulture species, and has recently been uplisted to ‘endangered’. The species breeds in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Mozambique.
Cape Vulture - Capenature
Cape Vulture. COMMON NAME Cape Vulture Kransaasvoël SCIENTIFIC NAME Gyps coprotheres CONSERVATION STATUS Endangered IDENTIFICATION One of the largest southern African vultures with a total length of about 106 cm and is the lightest in colour being mostly whitish grey above flecked with brown.
Cape Vulture | Gyps coprotheres | Species Guide | Birda
The Cape Vulture, known scientifically as Gyps coprotheres, is a majestic bird of prey, part of the Accipitridae family. It is a large vulture, with adults boasting a creamy-buff plumage contrasted by darker flight and tail feathers.
Gyps coprotheres - SANBI
Adult Cape Vultures are differentiated from White-backed Vultures by their larger size, straw-coloured eyes, and blue colour to the exposed skin on the head, neck and breast patches. Seen in flight from below, the adult has pale, silvery secondaries that contrast poorly with the equally pale underwing coverts.
Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) - BirdLife species factsheet
This database has 403 incidents involving the Cape Vulture; totaling 1,022 individuals, of which 866 individuals have died as a result of electrocution incidents on power lines, while 156 have been killed colliding with overhead cables (S. Page-Nicholson and C. Hoogstad in litt.
Cape Griffon (Gyps coprotheres) - iNaturalist
The Cape griffon or Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Kolbe's vulture, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and is found mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and in some parts of northern Namibia.
Cape Griffon - Gyps coprotheres - Birds of the World
Mar 4, 2020 · Habitat. Open grassland, steppe and, historically, karooid vegetation, in the proximity of mountains for orographic lift and cliffs for roosting and nesting sites. Peripheral N colonies in bush savanna. Recorded from sea-level to at least 3000 m (1 ).