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The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is a bird found in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Morocco, and 3 more countries. Dry open country, cliffs and towns in southern Europe, Africa and Asia. It eats dead animals (carrion), small mammals and birds and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Egyptian vulture lives

Dry open country, cliffs and towns in southern Europe, Africa and Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🦴 Leftovers (carrion)60%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds20%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs10%
• 🐟 Fish10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Mischa Keijmel (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1091993. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Egyptian vulture

Where does the Egyptian vulture live?

The Egyptian vulture lives in Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Morocco, and 3 more countries. Dry open country, cliffs and towns in southern Europe, Africa and Asia.

What does the Egyptian vulture eat?

dead animals (carrion) (about 60%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 10%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Egyptian vulture endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

More birds from Africa

• Martial eagle
• Northern bald ibis
• Mauritius kestrel
• Lappet-faced vulture
• Dodo
• Rodrigues solitaire

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.