White-headed Vulture

Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824)

3 kgWeight

The white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is an Old World vulture endemic to Africa.

Busiest months: July and November · Most records: Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya

Critically Endangered

Where and when it's recorded

White-headed Vulture has been recorded at 241 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 27 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Serengeti NPTanzania243 records
Maasai Mara NRKenya191 records
Tarangire NPTanzania178 records

More places

Kruger NP – Satara CampSouth Africa162 records
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterholeGhana132 records
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro CraterTanzania124 records
Serengeti NP – SeroneraTanzania122 records
Mole NP – Samole Loop & waterholeGhana121 records
Maasai Mara NR – Mara TriangleKenya121 records
Mole NPGhana112 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Tanzania South Africa Kenya Uganda Ghana Zambia Botswana Mozambique

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is an Old World vulture endemic to Africa. Populations have been declining steeply in recent years due to habitat degradation and poisoning of vultures at carcasses. An extinct relative was also present in the Indonesian island of Flores during the Late Pleistocene, indicating that the genus was more widespread in the past.

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