Record | Species Use Database

A. Species

Scientific name: Neophron percnopterus

Common name(s): Egyptian Vulture

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Endangered

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa

Country/Region:

C. Scale of assessment

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

Name/Details of location: whole habitat of Egyptian Vulture

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2003

End Year: 2020

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

Purpose(s) of end use: Medicine and hygiene and Poisining incidents

Motivation of use: Income generation from trade (individual/household/community) and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: not recorded

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: not recorded

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

Efforts to increase awareness of biodiversity conservation and to build local capacity should be conducted in countries along the migration flyways and in the breeding and wintering areas. All known breeding sites in Morocco should be conserved, and the construction of energy infrastructure in key areas for the species should be avoided. The ban on poisoned carcasses should be enforced and the leaving of dead animals encouraged, while open landfill sites can become key feeding habitats for Egyptian vultures if properly managed. Indeed, further supplementary feeding stations should be set up. Work is needed to halt the illegal taking of vultures for traditional medicine in Morocco and for illegal trade throughout the species’ range. Finally, surveys of the population should be conducted to determine, protect and manage potential breeding sites and key dispersal areas, including migration corridors in the western and eastern flyways. Such work could also more accurately estimate the size of the population and identify the specific impacts of certain threats.

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub and formal_data_stats

Date of publication/issue/production: 2021-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Garrido, J. R., Numa, C., Barrios, V., Qninba, A., Riad, A., Haitham, O., Hasnaoui, H. B., Buirzayqah, S., Onrubia, A., Fellous-Djardini, A., Saheb, M., Rousselon, K., Cherkaoui, S. I., Essetti, I., Noaman, M., Radi, M., Cuzin, F., Irizi, A., Monchaux, G., ... Bakass, B. (n.d.). The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM-Regional Assessment THE CONSERVATION STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREEDING BIRDS OF PREY OF NORTH AFRICA NORTH AFRICA

Date of record entry: 2024-08-22

Species Use Database

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus