Burung nasar dan kondor (Vultures & Condors)
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
- epik
- 72 km/h
- Kritis
The smallest African vulture, nimble enough to dodge into a carcass while bigger birds squabble.
- Populasi
- ~197,000 individuals total (approximately 131,000 mature individuals), decreasing
- Habitat
- Open grassland, savanna, forest edge, desert margins, wooded areas, and coastal regions; often near human settlements and rubbish dumps, favoring well-foliaged trees along watercourses for nesting; mostly below 1,800 m elevation but recorded up to 4,000 m
- Fakta menarik
- Despite being the smallest Old World vulture, the Hooded Vulture provides a critical urban sanitation service in African cities by cleaning up carrion and refuse near human settlements — yet it has crashed by an estimated 83% over roughly three generations (~53 years) due to poisoning, belief-based use, and habitat loss.
- Sebaran
- Sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal, Mauritania, and Guinea-Bissau in the west, across Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia in the east, south through Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique to South Africa and Eswatini
- Makanan
- Carrion and scavenged waste (non-specialized, highly versatile scavenger); also insects, especially during termite/ant emergences
- Ukuran
- 0,67 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,68 m
- Masa hidup
- 15 tahun
