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Neophron percnopterus · Family Accipitridae

Neophron percnopterus

Family Accipitridae

Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
GBIF occurrence records
197,591
Countries and territories with records
114
Egyptian Vulture
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About this species

This species has 197,591 occurrence records from 114 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (43.3%), India (20.7%), France (7.5%), Israel (7.2%) and Portugal (4.5%); together they account for 83.2% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 0.16% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Neophron percnopterus combines the genus name Neophron with the species epithet percnopterus. It is the only species of the genus Neophron in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 44th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 48% of the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Accipitridae

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