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  2. Cape vulture - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Gyps - Wikipedia

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    Its members are sometimes known as griffon vultures. Gyps vultures have a slim head, a long slender neck with downy feathers, and a ruff around the neck formed by long buoyant feathers. The crown of their big beaks is a little compressed, and their big dark nostrils are set transverse to the beak.

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  6. Eurasian griffon vulture - Wikipedia

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    The griffon vulture is 93–122 cm (37–48 in) long with a 2.3–2.8 m (7 ft 7 in – 9 ft 2 in) wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh 6.2 to 10.5 kg (14 to 23 lb) and females typically weigh 6.5 to 10.5 kg (14 to 23 lb), while in the Indian subspecies (G. f. fulvescens), the vultures average 7.1 kg (16 lb).

  7. List of Accipitriformes species - Wikipedia

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    Rüppell's vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, AE, 1852) 45 Himalayan vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869: 46 Griffon vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) 47 Cape vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps coprotheres (Forster, JR, 1798) 48 Red-headed vulture: Accipitridae: Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) 49 White ...

  8. Rüppell's vulture - Wikipedia

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    Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli), also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large bird of prey, mainly native to the Sahel region and East Africa. The former population of 22,000 has been decreasing due to loss of habitat, incidental poisoning, and other factors. [ 3 ]

  9. Vulture - Wikipedia

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    A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors ). [ 2 ] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe , Africa , and Asia ; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family .