Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
ENEndangered
- Family
- Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks (Accipitridae)
- Order
- Accipitriformes
Overview
The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only extant member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that family of birds.
The lappet-faced vulture was formerly considered monotypical, but now is separated into two subspecies.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Countries
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Palestine
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Lappet-faced vulture
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
