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Species Profile

Lappet-faced Vulture

(Torgos tracheliotos)

Species Fact Sheet

IUCN Red List StatusEndangeredSource: IUCN 2024
Body SizeLength: 100 cmSource: Sinclair 1994

Bibliography

Asso et al 2024. "Unveiling the Threat to Vulture Diversity: A Comprehensive Ethno‐Ornithological Study Uncovers Regional Trade Effects in Côte d'Ivoire" Ecology and Evolution 14(12). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...

Asso et al 2024. “Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 20. https://ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com...

Dognimon et al 2025. "Geographic distribution and supply chain of vultures in Benin, West Africa" Conservation Science and Practice: 20 February 2025. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com...

Fester et al 2024. "Carcass Density, Size and Visibility Do Not Significantly Differ Between Areas With and Without Spotted-Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta), With Implications for Threatened Vultures" African Journal of Ecology 62. https://www.researchgate.net...

Haas and Mundy 2013. “Vultures revered in time and place” Vulture News 63: January 2013. https://www.ajol.info...

Hashim 2019. “Breeding of Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos in 27 nests during the 2012 breeding season in Mahazat as-Sayd protected area, Saudi Arabia” Vulture News 76: June 2019. https://www.ajol.info...

Sinclair 1994. Field Guide to the Birds of Southern Africa. Struick Publishers, Cape Town. https://books.google.com...