Egyptian vulture  (Neophron percnopterus)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (10/06/08) by Dr. Richard Cuthbert, Research Biologist, RSPB.
http://www.vulturerescue.org

Glossary

Carrion: The flesh of a dead animal.
Flight-feathers: The feathers at the end of the wing, involved in flight.
Monogamous: Having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
Sahel: A semiarid region of north-central Africa south of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.
Steppe: A biome (or subdivision of the Earth's surface) that is composed of a swathe of temperate grassland stretching from Romania to China.
Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
Ungulate: A hoofed, grazing mammal.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (January, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1994) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
  3. CITES (January, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Clark, W.S. (1999) A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. BirdLife International (May, 2008)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3371&m=0
  6. Van Lawick-Goodall, J. and van Lawick-Goodall, H. (1966) Use of tools by the Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus. Nature, 212: 1468 - 1469.
  7. Cuthbert, R.J., Green, R.E., Ranade, S., Saravanan, S., Pain, D.J., Prakash, V. and Cunningham, A.A. (2006) Rapid populations declines of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) and red-headed vultures (Sarcogyps calvus) in India. Animal Conservation, 9: 349 - 354.
  8. Green, R.E., Newton, I., Shultz, S., Cunningham, A.A., Gilbert, M., Pain, D.J. and Prakash, V. (2004) Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 793 - 800.
  9. Vulture Rescue (May, 2008)
    http://www.vulturerescue.org
  10. Cuthbert, R. (2008) Pers. Comm.