Torgos tracheliotos

Taxobox
name = Lappet-faced Vulture


status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Falconiformes
familia = Accipitridae
genus = "Torgos"
species = "T. tracheliotos"
binomial = "Torgos tracheliotos"
binomial_authority = (Forster, 1791)
synonyms = 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.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40250/all Torgos tracheliotos] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3381&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]