Burung nasar dan kondor (Vultures & Condors)
Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
- tidak umum
- 50 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Africa's only largely vegetarian raptor. Eats oil palm fruit almost exclusively.
- Populasi
- ~80,000 breeding pairs across Africa (trend: stable)
- Habitat
- Coastal forests, mangrove swamps, wet savanna, and woodland below about 1,500 m elevation; distribution closely tracks the presence of oil palms and raffia palms
- Fakta menarik
- The Palm-nut Vulture is the smallest Old World vulture and, unlike almost every other raptor, is primarily a fruit-eater, subsisting mainly on the husks of oil-palm and raffia-palm fruit.
- Sebaran
- Sub-Saharan Africa, from The Gambia in the west across to Kenya in the east and south to South Africa (small population, ~40 birds)
- Makanan
- Unusually for a raptor, primarily frugivorous — fleshy husks of oil-palm and raffia-palm fruit make up over 60% of an adult's diet and over 90% of a juvenile's; supplemented with dates, other fruit, grains, crabs, molluscs, frogs, fish, insects, small mammals, birds, reptiles/reptile eggs, and carrion
- Ukuran
- 0,6 m
- Bentang sayap
- 1,45 m
- Masa hidup
- 9,5 tahun
