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The Palm-nut Vulture, scientifically named *Gypohierax angolensis*, is a species of bird within the family Accipitridae and order Falconiformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The species has been assigned the authority (Gmelin, 1788) and is currently accepted in taxonomic records. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern.
This bird is found in Africa and Burkina Faso. It has a wingspan of 1.494 and a mass of 107. The species lays a litter size of 1. In captivity, the maximum longevity recorded for the Palm-nut Vulture is 27.1 years.
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Vinony's link graph records 223 inbound references to Palm-nut Vulture, and connects out to Circus, bird and bearded vulture.
It is catalogued under topics including Accipitridae, Birds described in 1788 and Birds of prey of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Species
Least Concernpalmnut vulture
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderFalconiformes
- FamilyAccipitridae
Maximum longevity: 27.1 years (captivity)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gypohierax
- Mass
- 107
- Image
- Palmiste africain MHNT.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Gypohierax angolensis
- taxon name
- Gypohierax angolensis
- Commons gallery
- Gypohierax angolensis
- taxon common name
- crkavica palmašica
- wingspan
- 1.494
- litter size
- 1
- short name
- G. angolensis
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
The palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae (which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles). It is the only member of the genus Gypohierax.
This bird is an Old World vulture (only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, the Cathartidae).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palm-nut Vulture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.