European black vulture (Aegypius monachus)

Also known as:	Black vulture, cinereous vulture, Eurasian black vulture
French:	Vautour moine
Spanish:	Buitre Negro

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Falconiformes
Family	Accipitridae
Genus	Aegypius (1)

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Information on the European black vulture is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

This information is awaiting authentication by a species expert, and will be updated as soon as possible. If you are able to help please contact: arkive@wildscreen.org.uk

1. IUCN Red List (April, 2009)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org/
2. CITES (April, 2009)
   http://www.cites.org