White-backed vulture

White-backed vulture
in Etosha National Park
showing white back
in Kruger National Park
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
Species:
G. africanus
Binomial name
Gyps africanus
Salvadori, 1865
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  Extant (resident)
  Extant (non-breeding)
  Possibly extant (resident)
  Possibly extinct
  Extinct
in Kruger National Park

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.[2]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2021). "Gyps africanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22695189A204461164. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22695189A204461164.en. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  2. ^ "white-backed vulture". african geographic. Retrieved 20 September 2022.