Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAccipitriformes
- FamilyAccipitridae (Accipítrids)
- GenusTorgos
- SpeciesTorgos tracheliotos (Lappet-faced Vulture)
Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Rueppell's Vulture
Gyps rueppellii
Black-breasted Snake Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Spotted Eagle
Aquila clanga
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Lappet-faced Vulture in Amboseli National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Lappet-faced Vulture sighting in Amboseli National Park, based on 128 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Lappet-faced Vulture in Amboseli National Park?
July has the highest sighting rate for Lappet-faced Vulture in Amboseli National Park in our monthly data.