Torgos tracheliotos

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Lappet-faced Vulture
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Torgos
Species: T. tracheliotos
Binomial name
Torgos tracheliotos
(Forster, 1791)

The Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Nigeria, possibly Syria, and possibly Western Sahara. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and hot deserts.

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