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Gyps coprotheres (JR Forster, 1798) Family: Accipitridae Order: Falconiformes Back
Cape griffon Kapgeier Vautour chassefiente Buitre del Cabo
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) VU A1acd+2bcd, C1+2b CITES II (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: range extension

Gyps coprotheres

Most birds remain within foraging range of about 100 km of nesting and roosting colonies. Some disperse over long distances throughout S African subcontinent (e.g. into Zambia and C Mozambique), especially juveniles which concentrate in nursery areas remote from colonies.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: Sub-Saharan Africa
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/capevulture.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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