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Birds
Cape vulture
Cape vulture · Gyps coprotheres
Pale wings and a powerful build make the Cape vulture a striking sight in the skies of the southern savanna.
Fact file
- Size
- Body length 95 to 105 cm, wingspan up to 2.6 metres, weight 7 to 11 kg
- Males and females
- Sexes hardly distinguishable by appearance, females usually slightly heavier
- Sounds
- Hardly vocal, in disputes they make low growling and hissing sounds
- Diet
- Specialised in carrion, especially meat and bone remains of larger wild animals
- Offspring
- One egg per year, breeding season in the southern winter (May to September), intensive parental care
How to identify Cape vulture
The Cape vulture is easy to recognise by its light, sandy-coloured plumage and the distinctive pale collar around its neck. The primaries and tail feathers stand out sharply from the rest of the plumage in a darker brown. In flight, the broad wings appear almost two-tone and the wing tips are conspicuously fingered.
Its head is bare and pale, with noticeable beige-grey skin and a strong, hooked bill. Cape vultures grow to over a metre in height and reach a wingspan of up to 2.6 metres. Their powerful silhouette makes them unmistakable in the air.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 3 places where you can see Cape vulture
Where Cape vulture live
Namibia
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