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title: "Abutre-real"
description: "Torgos tracheliotos — Aves. The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lappet-faced-vulture
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Abutre-real

> Torgos tracheliotos — Aves. The lappet-faced vulture or  Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.

- Scientific name: *Torgos tracheliotos*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 3372
- Wikidata: [Q838162](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838162)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5401)

## Names

- en: Lappet-faced Vulture
- de: Ohrengeier
- es: Buitre torgo
- fr: Vautour oricou
- it: Torgos tracheliotus
- nl: Oorgier
- pt: Abutre-real
- pl: Sęp uszaty

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (826), ZA (709), KE (549), NA (547), BW (164), UG (100), ZM (78), ZW (55), OM (35), SN (32), ET (26), AE (25)

## Summary

The lappet-faced vulture or  Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only extant member of the genus Torgos. It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that family of birds.
The lappet-faced vulture was formerly considered monotypical, but now is separated into two subspecies. The nominate race lives throughout Africa. The subspecies T. t. negevensis, differing considerably in appearance from…

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

## Photo

![Abutre-real](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lappet-faced-vulture/medium.jpg)

Photo: louiskameel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325167596

## Machine access

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