White-backed vulture - Wikipedia
网页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 .
White-backed vulture, facts and photos - National Geographic
网页The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable by its dark-brown face, long, white neck, and of course, a white backside that can...
White-backed Vulture - eBird
网页A large, buff-brown vulture with pale underwing patches and a diagnostic pale rump patch that is best seen in flight. Prefers open savanna and plains, where it breeds in loose colonies in tall trees. It remains Africa’s commonest vulture but is declining rapidly as it is highly susceptible to poisoning.
White-Backed Vulture - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on
网页The White-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is the most common large vulture in Africa and is an accomplished scavenger that eats the carcasses of large animals. Hundreds of these vultures gather to feed on large dead animals.
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) - World Land Trust
网页The White-backed Vulture is a gregarious species, roosting in small groups and gathering in tens to hundreds at a single large carcase such as an Impala, which they can strip bare within 10 minutes. Their bill cannot tear thick skin but the bare head and long neck are perfectly adapted for probing deep into wounds to access flesh.
10 Fascinating White-backed Vulture Facts - Fact Animal
网页White-backed vultures inhabit forests, savannas and grasslands across Africa, where they will build large nests of up to 1m in size high in trees. While they are considered a medium-sized vulture species, they still boast a wingspan …
White-backed Vulture - The Peregrine Fund
网页These beautiful, medium-sized vultures can be seen soaring over a wide variety of habitats, including towns and villages or almost anywhere that large concentrations of big game animals can be found. However, White-backed Vultures prefer open savanna and dry woodlands with large scattered trees in which to make their home. Trees are important ...
White-backed Vulture - Species Overview - WildArk 100
网页The White-backed Vulture is the only old world vulture in the same family as hawks, kites, and buzzards. It has typical vulture characteristics with down feathers on its head and neck, broad wings, and short tail feathers. The White-backed Vulture is a scavenger species and can fly great distances in search of food.
White-backed Vulture - Gyps africanus - Birds of the World
网页2020年3月4日 · White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbvul1.01.
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) - BirdLife species factsheet
网页Overall it is suspected to have undergone a very rapid decline of 63-89% over three generations owing to intentional and unintentional poisoning, habitat loss and conversion to agro-pastoral systems, declines in wild ungulate populations, hunting for trade and collisions.
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