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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (23 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - ACCIPITRIFORMES   Bearded Vulture (NT)  i    Accipitridae    Gypaetus barbatus  AF, PAL n, e, s AF; c, sw Asia  Cape Vulture (VU)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps coprotheres  AF Namibia to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and s South Africa  Cinereous Vulture (NT)  i    Accipitridae    Aegypius monachus  PAL s Europe to c Asia, Pakistan and nw India n AF, India, China and se Asia  Egyptian Vulture (EN)  i    Accipitridae    Neophron percnopterus  AF, PAL, OR w AF to India, s Spain to c Asia  Griffon Vulture i    Accipitridae    Gyps fulvus  AF, PAL n AF, sw PAL, also n India  Himalayan Vulture (NT)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps himalayensis  OR Himalayas  Hooded Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Necrosyrtes monachus  AF widespread  Indian Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps indicus  OR se Pakistan and s India  Lappet-faced Vulture (EN)  i    Accipitridae    Torgos tracheliotos  AF widespread, also Arabian Pen.  Palm-nut Vulture i    Accipitridae    Gypohierax angolensis  AF Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan and e Kenya, s to Angola and ne South Africa  Red-headed Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Sarcogyps calvus  OR widespread  Rueppell's Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps rueppelli  AF e, c, w  Slender-billed Vulture (CR)  i U    Accipitridae    Gyps tenuirostris  OR Himalayas through se Asia  White-backed Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps africanus  AF widespread  White-headed Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Trigonoceps occipitalis  AF widespread  White-rumped Vulture (CR)  i    Accipitridae    Gyps bengalensis  OR Iran through se Asia  Andean Condor (VU)  i    Cathartidae    Vultur gryphus  SA Venezuela to s Chile and Argentina  Black Vulture i    Cathartidae    Coragyps atratus  NA, MA, SA widespread  California Condor (CR)  i    Cathartidae    Gymnogyps californianus  NA w USA  Greater Yellow-headed Vulture i    Cathartidae    Cathartes melambrotus  SA Amazonia  King Vulture i    Cathartidae    Sarcoramphus papa  MA, SA Mexico to n Argentina  Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture i    Cathartidae    Cathartes burrovianus  MA, SA e Mexico to n Argentina  Turkey Vulture i    Cathartidae    Cathartes aura  NA, MA, SA widespread 91%   21 species of 23 (0 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide