The
Egyptian vulture, also called pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron.
"New Hope for the
Egyptian Vulture" brings together institutions and organizations from 14 countries of the Balkan Peninsula, the Middle East and Africa.
Second was Pete Smith with "Long Tailed Tit" and Gianpiero Ferrari received 18 points each for his "
Egyptian Vulture" and "Green Hairstreak on Birds Foot Trefoil".
The
Egyptian vulture is an endangered migratory species, yet there is not a lot of information on its transcontinental journeys, its mortality, the number of losses and their causes during these journeys.
Caption: Biologist Evan Buechley and an
Egyptian vultureIt also has a diverse range of birds, including the golden eagle,
Egyptian vulture, griffon vulture, etc.
Muscat: The Environment Society of Oman (ESO) has said that a young
Egyptian vulture it tagged has died of electrocution, which has become a major threat to endangered species.
The Kashmir grey langur, Indus dolphin, finback whale, Balochistan bear, musk deer, hog deer, Indian pangolin,
Egyptian vulture, green turtle and Indian narrow-headed turtle are endangered.
Liberatori and Penteriani (2001) also recorded higher percentage of nests covered by shelters in rocky areas in
Egyptian vulture colonies at Italian peninsula.
Although lead poisoning has been documented in all 4 species of vultures living in Spain, the griffon vulture, (1) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), (13) bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), (14) and
Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), (15) we did not find any reports of lead poisoning in the vulture species living in Portugal.
Rapid population declines of
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus and Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus in India.
Egyptian vulture - small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia