Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) Science Article 3 abstract The monitoring and ringing of Lappet-faced Vultures (LFV) in the Namib-Naukluft Park (NNP) started in 1991. Annually more areas were investigated until most of the known breeding areas were checked and the chicks ringed. Peter Bridgeford, Vultures Namibia Download article download full text (pdf)
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The Northern Lappet-faced Vulture in Palestine
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) Science Article 2 abstract I have deposited in the aviaries of the Zoological Society of London at Regents Parka living specimen of the Northern Lappet-faced or Sociable ulture (Torgost racheliotusnubicus (synonym, Otogyps auricularis)) which has not previously been recordedin Asia to our knowledge. Eric Hardy, The AUK, vil. 64 Download article […]
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Torgos tracheliotus | [authority] Forster, 1791 | [UK] Lappet-faced Vulture | [FR] Vautour oricou | [DE] Ohrengeier | [ES] Buitre Orejudo | [NL] Oorgier Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The Lappet-faced Vulture is the only member of the Torgos genus. It is African Old World vulture which belongs to […]
Vulture-killing drug now on sale in Africa
BirdLife’s Council for the African Partnership has warned African BirdLife Partners that they need to be on high alert, following the discovery of the drug Diclofenac on sale at a veterinary practice in Tanzania. A survey by WCST (WildLife Conservation Society in Tanzania, BirdLife in Tanzania) is underway to establish the full facts. read more […]
The use of (GACA)4 PCR to sex Old World vultures (Aves: Accipitridae)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) Science Article 1 abstract A PCR method was developed employing a single primer (GACA)4 to sex Black vultures (aegypius monachus), Lappet-faced vultures (Torgos tracheliotus), and Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus). Using the (GACA)4 primer several PCR products were generated. M. WINK et al., Molecular Ecology, Vol. 7(6), p 779-782 Download article download […]
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Aegypius monachus | [authority] Linnaeus, 1766 | [UK] Cinereous Vulture | [FR] Vautour moine | [DE] Monchsgeier | [ES] Buitre negro | [NL] Monniksgier Subspecies Monotypic species Genus This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in […]