Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Cape Vulture

Gyps coprotheres

The Cape Vulture (Gyps coprotheres) is an 8.2 kg grassland bird that eats mostly carrion. It stays put all year.

Family

Kites, Hawks, Eagles

Order

Accipitriformes

Weight

8.2 kg

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, eSwatini.

Where to see it: Black Mountains · West (Lesotho); Black Mountains · East (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) to Black Mountains (Lesotho); Sani Pass (LS) (Lesotho); Hlane Royal NP · Ndlovu Camp (Eswatini).

Photo: (c) Peter Archdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist