What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Hooded Vulture been recorded?

Necrosyrtes monachus occurrence evidence comes from 245 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1898 to 2026. Most records come from Guinea.

Hooded Vulture
Hooded Vulture — Photo (display-sized rendition): Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesAccipitriformesAccipitridaeNecrosyrtes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

245 records across 17 countries and territories, 1898–2026.

Necrosyrtes monachus · GBIF taxon key 2480715

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: September.

12 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: September. 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.

Records over time

18982026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Hooded Vulture has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hooded Vulture. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Guinea 54
Uganda 45
Senegal 32
South Africa 28
Kenya 17
Gambia 12
Ghana 11
Botswana 10
Ethiopia 7
Zimbabwe 7
Tanzania 5
Guinea-Bissau 4
Mozambique 4
United States 3
Zambia 3
Namibia 2
Chad 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. 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.