← Back

Cape Vulture

Gyps coprotheres

Classification

Class
Aves

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 Namibia. It nests on cliffs and lays one egg per year.

Distribution

(c) Timothy Whitehead, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Timothy Whitehead · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog