Species Use Database

Species Use Database

Cape vulture
Gyps coprotheres

Used for Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression and Recreation in Eastern Cape Province

A. Species

Scientific name: Gyps coprotheres

Common name(s): Cape vulture

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Eastern Cape Province

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Individual Site

Name/Details of location: Mkambati Nature Reserve

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2012

End Year: 2013

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: The whole entire organism and Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression and Recreation

Motivation of use: Recreational 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

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

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

Record source

Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production:

Source Reference(s):

MORGAN B. PFEIFFER, JAN A. VENTER and COLLEEN T. DOWNS (2015). Identifying anthropogenic threats to Cape Vultures Gyps coprotheres using community perceptions in communal farmland, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Bird Conservation International, 25, pp 353-365 doi:10.1017/S0959270914000148

Date of record entry: 2024-08-20