| White-headed vulture | |
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| At Las Águilas Jungle Park, Tenerife, Spain | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Trigonoceps Lesson, 1842 |
| Species: | T. occipitalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824)
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| Range of T. occipitalis Resident Possibly Extant (resident) Non-breeding Probably extinct Extinct
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The white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is an Old World vulture endemic to Africa. Populations have been declining steeply in recent years due to habitat degradation and poisoning of vultures at carcasses. An extinct relative was also present in the Indonesian island of Flores during the Late Pleistocene, indicating that the genus was more widespread in the past.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Trigonoceps occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22695250A118632735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22695250A118632735.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Hanneke J.M.; et al. "Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island" (PDF). Repository.si.edu. Retrieved 17 October 2018.