Species Use Database

Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus

Used for Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic and Monetary in Spain and United States

A. Species

Scientific name: Aegypius monachus

Common name(s): Cinereous Vulture

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Near Threatened


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Spain
  • United States

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Regional/Continental/Multi-country level

Name/Details of location: Worldwide


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1969

End Year: 2018


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic and Monetary

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, Non-local External and National / local government


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: While the record

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Ranger Patrols Intelligence Networks Community-based Resource Sharing and Conservation Leadership


Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub

Date of publication/issue/production: 2022-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

January 9, 2022
Angela M. Ives, Maris Brenn-White, Jacqueline Y. Buckley, Corinne J. Kendall, Sara Wilton, and Sharon L. Deem.

Date of record entry: 2024-06-24


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