Photo Gallery of 10 Vulture Species — International Vulture Awareness Day!

Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)

Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)

Status: Vulnerable. Population Trend: Decreasing. Range: Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d’Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Oman; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe. Regionally extinct: Israel, Jordan, Western Sahara.

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