White-headed Vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis(Burchell, WJ, 1824)
English (US) White-headed Vulture
The White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: thornscrub and desert of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- White-headed Vulture
- Described by
- (Burchell, WJ, 1824)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur occipitalis
- Described by
- (Burchell, WJ, 1824)
- Type locality
- Makkwari = Matlowing River, Botswana.
- Original description
- Travels in the interior of Southern Africa 2 p.329,note
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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