
The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 3,501 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Mpumalanga and beyond
Provinces where White-backed Vulture is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
3,502 records, iNaturalist
30+ resultaten in Zuid-Afrika
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White-backed Vulture: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
Rode Lijst van de IUCN
Critically Endangered
Soort
Gyps africanus
Waarnemingen
3 502
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de White-backed Vulture op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the White-backed Vulture at stays in or beside Kruger National Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Timbavati Private Nature Reserve and Madikwe Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The White-backed Vulture is most recorded in Mpumalanga (48% of records), Limpopo (25% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (17% of records), based on 3 502 iNaturalist observations. 34 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the White-backed Vulture on site or nearby.
The White-backed Vulture is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Sabi Sand Game Reserve: year-round, dry season May-Sep optimal; Timbavati Private Nature Reserve: May-Sep, dry season. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European griffon vulture, G. fulvus.