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

Rueppell\'s griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii)

Rueppell’s griffon vulture (Gyps rueppellii)

Status: Near Threatened. Population Trend: Decreasing. Range: Algeria; Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Côte d’Ivoire; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda

Image: flickr.com/lipkee/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

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About Rhishja Cota-Larson

Rhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", and author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.

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