page_title: Cape vulture
section_title: Habitat and distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Cape vulture / Habitat and distribution
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ei eines Kapgeier. Sammlung von Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Fundort: Jardin des Plantes. Paris Frankreich.English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of Cape Vulture. Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Locality: Jardin des Plantes Paris France.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Vautour chassefiente. Collection de Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Localité: Jardin des plantes de Paris. Muséum de Toulouse &#160;&#160;Native nameMuséum de ToulouseLocationToulouse , FranceCoordinates43°&#160;35′&#160;38″&#160;N, 1°&#160;26′&#160;57″&#160;E &#160;Established1796&#58; &#32;established&#160;; 1865&#58; &#32;opened to publicWeb pagewww.museum.toulouse.frAuthority control : Q422 VIAF:&#8201;131004808 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 2158 3469 SUDOC:&#8201;028667107 BNF:&#8201;120455376 Museofile:&#8201;M7013 institution QS:P195,Q422
context_page_description: The Cape vulture or Cape griffon, also known as "Kolbe's vulture", is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It is endemic to southern Africa, and is found mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and in some parts of northern Namibia. It nests on cliffs and lays one egg per year. Since 2015, it has been classified as Endangered.
context_section_description: The Cape vulture occurs in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Formerly, it could also be found in Namibia and Swaziland. Vagrants are occasionally recorded from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.
  The species usually breeds and roosts on cliff faces in or near mountains, from where it can fly long distances in search of the large animal carcasses on which it specializes. Tracked specimens in Namibia were found to have home ranges 11,800–22,500 km² (4,600–8,700 sq mi) in extent.
  In the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Cape Vultures were more likely to occupy cliff nest sites on ledges with a smaller depth and at a higher elevation, surrounded by conspecifics.
caption: Egg
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