Species Use Database

Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus

Used for Food and feed and Medicine and hygiene in Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe

A. Species

Scientific name: Necrosyrtes monachus

Common name(s): Hooded Vulture

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Critically Endangered


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Mozambique
  • Senegal
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

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

Name/Details of location: West Africa, sub-saharan africa


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2011

End Year: 2016


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: Basic subsistence 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

launched a campaign to tackle illegal poisoning raise awareness


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 migratory species
proposal for the inclusion of five vulture species occurring in Sub-saharan Africa on appendix I of the the convention

Date of record entry: 2024-08-23