White-Backed Vulture
The white-backed vulture (or Gyps africanus) is a large raptor native to sub-Saharan Africa, commonly found in open savannas, dry woodlands, and grasslands where it can easily locate carrion. Its range extends from Senegal and Ethiopia in the north to South Africa in the south.
This vulture has a distinctive appearance, with a dark brown body, contrasting white back and rump, and a bald, pale head.
Adults measure around 78cm to 98cm in height, with a wingspan of 1.96m to 2.25m. They typically weigh between 4.2kg and 7.2kg, with females about 10% heavier than males.
Gyps africanus
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Short Grass | 20% | 80% |
| Sand | 10% | 70% |
| Soil | 10% | 70% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
| Waterlogged | 0% | 10% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Shares a cohabitation group with 13
African Savannah
Cohabitation groups are the game's own sets of species for mixed habitats. Check space, terrain and temperature for a group in the habitat planner.
Barriers with resistance grade 2 or higher 14
- 1-Way Glass grade 2 · $1
- Chain Link grade 2 · $1 · climbable
- Corrugated grade 2 · $1
- Rope Netting grade 2 · $2 · climbable
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 6
- Blood Scent Marker Toy · score 50 · $100
- Suspended Perch Toy · score 50 · $100
- Perch 01 Toy · score 100 · $100
- Perch 02 Toy · score 100 · $100
- Rubber Snake Toy · score 150 · $100
- Shredding Perch Toy · score 150 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 60 + 8 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 1.5 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Nutritionally Complete Meat + Small Carcasses
- Food / drink amount
- 3 / 0.5
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $582 / $810 / $810
- Feeders
- Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small, Bamboo Feeder, Ribbed Feeder, Perch Feeder
- Lifespan
- 19–25 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 6 yr / 9 yr / 13 yr / 18 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0 yr / 0.85 yr
- Litter
- 1–1
- Fertility
- 0.2
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Breeds in
- Autumn
- Nest
- Canopy platform large
- Dominance
- None
- Ecosystem roles
- Scavengers, Aerial Foragers
- Wild population
- 27,000 - 51,300 (estimated)
- Guests flee if it escapes
- Yes
White-backed vultures are social birds, often gathering in groups of 10 to 12, feeding together and relying on each other to find carcasses.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Gyps africanus
- Class
- Aves
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Biome
- Desert, Grassland
- Continent
- Africa
- Cohabitation groups
- African Savannah
- Content
- Base game