Species Use Database

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What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Gyps africanus White-backed vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Other -- Poisoning vultures to kill and extract them. Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Gyps coprotheres Cape vulture South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 6 months 3 weeks ago
Torgos tracheliotos Lappet-faced Vulture South Africa
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Trigonoceps occipitalis White-headed Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gypohierax angolensis Palm-nut Vulture South Africa
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gypaetus barbatus Bearded Vulture South Africa
NT
Near Threatened
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps coprotheres Cape Vulture South Africa
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 6 months 3 weeks ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps coprotheres Cape Vulture Sub-Saharan Africa, Botswana, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago