Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)

Salvador, Alfredo

doi:10.2173/bow.eurgri1.04

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“…The griffon vulture Gyps fulvus is the most abundant obligate avian scavenger species in the western Palaearctic and therefore a keystone species for ecosystem health and functioning (Cortés-Avizanda et al 2015, Blanco and Díaz de Tuesta 2021). Unlike other vultures, this species has been relatively well studied and many aspects of its ecology are known (Salvador 2016, Almaraz et al 2022Morant et al 2023). However, as is the case for other vulture species, the movements and life-style of young individuals are still poorly understood.…”

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Bio-logging shows a central trans-Saharan migration and unknown wintering grounds in Africa of a juvenile griffon vulture from Spain

Martínez,

Oltra,

Romero-Vidal

et al. 2024

Anim. Biodiv. Conserv.

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The delimitation of African wintering areas of the griffon vulture Gyps fulvus has been established on the basis of ring recoveries, usually from dead individuals and, to a lesser extent, by reading ring and wing marks in human-populated areas. After GPS-tracking of several juvenile griffon vultures from central Spain, we show that a female used an unknown central trans-Saharan migratory route, and spent five months in flooded savannahs and the transition zone with the Guinean forest ecoregion, moving between north-eastern Ivory Coast, northern Ghana and southern Burkina Faso. This area represents an extension of several hundred kilometres to the south and southeast of the known African range of western European griffon vultures. A field survey in Ghana on the same dates recorded no individuals of this species but four other vulture species. Future in-depth bio-logging studies are required to evaluate the migration patterns, the connectivity between the various nuclei, and its implications in the conservation of the griffon vulture and other vulture species in Africa and Europe.

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