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White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus · Family Accipitridae
Gyps africanus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 147,398
- Countries and territories with records
- 52
About this species
This species has 147,398 occurrence records from 52 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (46.7%), Kenya (11.5%), Tanzania (8.2%), Namibia (7.3%) and Botswana (6.1%); together they account for 79.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gyps africanus combines the genus name Gyps with the species epithet africanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Gyps; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gyps fulvus, Gyps himalayensis and Gyps coprotheres.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 49th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 35.8% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.