White-backed Vulture / Gyps africanus
| White-backed Vulture bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | CR - Critically endangered |
| Synonyms | White-backed Griffon, Whitebacked Vulture, African Whitebacked Vulture, African White-backed Vulture, African White-necked Vulture, White backed Vulture |
| Old latin name for bird | Pseudogyps africanus |
| Order | Hawks and relatives / Accipitriformes |
| Family | Kites, Hawks, Eagles / Accipitridae |
| Genus | Gyps |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | widespread |
White-backed Vulture bird sounds *
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Related species
Cape Vulture
Griffon Vulture
Himalayan Vulture
Rüppell's Vulture
White-rumped Vulture
Indian Vulture
Slender-billed Vulture
Where to see White-backed Vulture
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Israel
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Palestine, State of
- Portugal
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
White-backed Vulture subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witrugaasvoël, Witrugaasvoel |
| Basque | Sai gibelzuri afrikarra |
| Belarusian | Беласпiнны сiп |
| Bengali | ধরাচঠ কুন |
| Breton | Gup kein gwenn |
| Bulgarian | Африкански белоръб лешояд, Белогръб лешояд, Африкански белогръб лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor dorsiblanc africà |
| Chinese | 非洲白背兀鹜, 非洲白背兀鹫, 非洲白背兀鷲 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 白背兀鷲 |
| Croatian | bjeloleđi sup |
| Czech | sup africký |
| Danish | Hvidrygget Grib |
| Dutch | Witruggier, Bengaalse Gier |
| Esperanto | Blankdorsa grifo, Blankdorsa vulturo |
| Estonian | savanni-kaeluskotkas |
| Finnish | savannikorppikotka |
| French | Vautour africain, Vautour à dos blanc, Vautour du Cap, Gyps africain |
| Frisian | Wytrêchgier |
| Galician | Abutre africano, Voitre africano |
| German | Bengalengeier, Weißrückengeier |
| Greek | Αφρικαvόγυπας |
| Hebrew | נשר לבן-גב, נשר אפריקאי |
| Hungarian | fehérhátú keselyű |
| Icelandic | Skellugammur |
| Irish | Badhbh dhroimbhán |
| Italian | Grifone africano, Grifone dorsobianco africano, Avvoltoio dorsobianco |
| Japanese | コシジロハゲワシ |
| Latvian | Āfrikas grifs |
| Lithuanian | afrikinis grifas, Baltnugaris grifas |
| Luxembourgish | Afrikanesche Gänsegeier , Wäissréckegeier |
| Macedonian | Африкански белогрб мршојадец |
| Norwegian | hvitryggribb, Hvitryggribb, Hvitrygggribb |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Kvitryggribb |
| Polish | sep afrykanski, sęp afrykański |
| Portuguese | Grifo do cabo, Grifo-do-cabo, grifo-africano, grifo-de-dorso-branco |
| Romanian | Vultur pleşuv african |
| Russian | Африканский гриф, Африканский сип, Гриф белобокий африканский |
| Serbian | Beloleđi sup, Afrički beloleđi sup |
| Shona | Gora |
| Slovak | sup bielochrbtý, sup hrdzavohnedý |
| Slovenian | Afriški plešec |
| Spanish | Buitre Dorsiblanco Bengalí, Buitre dorsiblanco africano, Buitre de espalada blanca, Buitre de Espalda Blanca |
| Swahili | Tumbusi Mgongo-mweupe |
| Swedish | vitryggig gam, Afrikansk vitryggad gam, Vitryggad gam |
| Tatar | Африка ак янтыклы комае |
| Tsonga | Koti |
| Tswana | Kopajammutla |
| Turkish | Afrika akbabası, Ak Sırtlı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | сип африканський |
| Welsh | Fwltur cefnwyn Affrica |