Species Use Database

Cape Vulture
Gyps coprotheres

Used for Food and feed and Medicine and hygiene in Sub-Saharan Africa, Botswana, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe

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):

  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Botswana
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Lesotho
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: Sub Saharan Africa


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1994

End Year: 2015


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: Food and feed and Medicine and hygiene

Motivation of use: Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual and Population/Area Management

Is this use legal or illegal?: unknown


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: unknown


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

raise awareness educate farmers


Record source

Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge

Date of publication/issue/production: 2017-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

Convention on Migration species
Proposal for the inclusion of five vulture species occurring in the sub-saharan Africa on appendix I of the convention

Date of record entry: 2024-08-23