🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Cape Griffon live?

Gyps coprotheres has 39,713 records in 8 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeGyps

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 37,113
Lesotho 1,246
Botswana 1,012
Namibia 134
Zimbabwe 91
Eswatini 68
Mozambique 38
Zambia 11

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.