Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus - some photos and notes

Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus

Hooded Vulture, Pra River, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

Ghana and Ethiopia
May 2011

The Hooded Vulture is distributed in tropical Africa with the exception of the Congo Basin. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a wide variety of habitats and is normally close to human settlements.

Hooded Vulture, Kalakpa, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image

Because of its rapidly declining population it is classified as Critically Endangered This is due to hunting, persecution, poisoning and loss of habitat.

Hooded Vulture, Yabello, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

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