---
title: "Abutre-de-capuz"
description: "Necrosyrtes monachus — Aves. The hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hooded-vulture
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Abutre-de-capuz

> Necrosyrtes monachus — Aves. The  hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.

- Scientific name: *Necrosyrtes monachus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 4635
- Wikidata: [Q177386](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177386)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5426](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5426)

## Names

- en: Hooded Vulture
- de: Kappengeier
- es: Alimoche sombrío
- fr: Vautour charognard
- nl: Kapgier
- pt: Abutre-de-capuz
- pl: Sęp brunatny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (966), GM (628), KE (343), TZ (309), ET (301), ZW (275), BW (248), BJ (239), ZM (172), SN (162), GH (126), GW (86)

## Summary

The  hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus Necrosyrtes, which is sister to the larger Gyps genus, both of which are a part of the Aegypiinae subfamily of Old World vultures. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it has a widespread distribution with populations in southern, East and West Africa. It is a scruffy-looking, small vulture with dark brown plumage, a long thin bill, bare crown, face and fore-neck, and a downy nape and hind-neck. Its face is usually a light red…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_vulture

## Photo

![Abutre-de-capuz](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-vulture/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38002374

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-vulture?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).