Species Use Database

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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 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 8 months 1 week ago
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Sub-Saharan Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 8 months 1 week ago
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Poisining incidents Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2021 8 months 1 week ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 1 week ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 1 week ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppells Vulture Guinea-Bissau
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 1 week ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 8 months 1 week ago
Trigonoceps occipitalis White-headed Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 8 months 1 week ago
Gyps africanus White-backed Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 8 months 1 week ago
Gyps rueppellii Rüppells Vulture Burkina Faso
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2022 8 months 1 week 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppell’s Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, United Republic of
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 8 months ago
Pelargonium sidoides Uvendle, iKhubalo, Rabassam, T'nami, Khoara-e-nyenyane, Kalwerbossie South Africa
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 5 months 3 weeks ago
Rhodiola rosea Golden root, Roseroot, Rosenroot, Kalverot Norway
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2023 2 weeks 5 days ago
Hoodia gordonii Ghaap, Bitter ghaap, Xhoba, Hoodia South Africa
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2008 2 months 3 weeks ago
Pterocarpus erinaceus African Barwood, African Kino Tree, African Rosewood, African Teal, Keno, Senegal Rosewood Benin
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2021 2 months 1 week ago