Cape vulture  (Gyps coprotheres)

Range

The Cape vulture is found in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Mozambique. It formerly bred in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Namibia, but is now extinct in Swaziland, and only small, non-breeding populations persist in Zimbabwe and Namibia (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Inhabits open grassland, savanna and shrubland (5), and is often found roosting on crags in mountainous regions (1).

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