Species group · Birds

Old World Vultures

WAnimals has 6 species of old world vulture, in the family Accipitridae.

6 species

1 family

99 countries

131 parks

All 6 species of old world vultures on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

2 Critically Endangered1 Least Concern1 Endangered1 Near Threatened1 Vulnerable

4 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Recorded in 99 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It feeds exclusively on carrion, spotted with keen eyesight from a great height.
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It can spot a carcass from over 5 kilometres away.
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It lives in mountainous, rocky country with cliffs across southern Europe, North Africa and Central Asia.
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Its bill is powerful enough to open hide no other vulture can tear.
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It is one of the largest and most dominant vultures at a carcass, able to drive off more numerous species of vulture through its size and strength.
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It is the one that opens the carcass: its bill cuts hides and tendons no other African vulture can pierce, so that whether the rest of the scavenging community can feed depends on its presence.
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That cycle runs from the laying of the egg until the chick can feed itself.
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It feeds on the carcasses of medium-sized and large mammals.