Tag: egyptianvulture
Three Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro named – and one of them has already started the migration to Africa.
August 25, 2017
The three adult Egyptian vultures captured and tagged this summer within the ...
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Mixed results in this year´s experimental release of captive-bred Egyptian vultures in Italy – 1 bird died and 2 had to be recaptured, but Apollo is doing well
August 23, 2017
Early this month four young Egyptian vultures, all captive-bred in the Egyptian ...
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Young Egyptian vultures flying everywhere in the Douro canyon
August 16, 2017
The LIFE RUPIS teams continue to monitor the breeding Egyptian vultures in ...
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Vote to name three Egyptian vultures tagged in the Douro
August 5, 2017
Three of the five Egyptian vultures captured and tagged in the Douro ...
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One more Egyptian vulture has been captured and tagged in the Douro – 5 so far!
July 25, 2017
In the late afternoon of the 19th July, a team from Palombar ...
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EU visits the LIFE Rupis project
July 14, 2017
Two years after the LIFE Rupis project started, and when the project ...
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Tomorrow´s Greek vultures will depend on today´s Greek children
July 6, 2017
Vulture conservation often requires changes to people´s behavior – stopping using poison ...
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Training of Portuguese partners on tagging vultures with GPS tags
July 4, 2017
As part of the LIFE RUPIS project, the VCF and its partners ...
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All Egyptian vulture’s roads lead to the Douro – or the case of Tizón!
June 29, 2017
Last weekend Domingos Leitão, the director of the Portuguese Society for the ...
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Der Falke special edition on vultures now available to order
June 24, 2017
A special edition of the German bird magazine “Der Falke”, totally focussed ...
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Two adult Egyptian vultures have been captured and tagged in the Douro – another great milestone in the LIFE RUPIS project
June 14, 2017
In the late afternoon of the 12th June, a team from the ...
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Diet of Egyptian vulture in Sicily
June 6, 2017
A new paper researching the Dietary habits of Egyptian vultures in Sicily ...
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Adult Egyptian vulture released in the Douro after being found weakened
June 2, 2017
On May 29, a weakened adult Egyptian vulture was picked up by ...
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New supplementary feeding point established in the LIFE RUPIS project– and almost immediately up to 10 Egyptian vultures fed there!
May 25, 2017
The project LIFE RUPIS aims to strength the populations of Egyptian Vulture ...
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Egyptian vultures also seem to favour mud bathing to gain colour – but why?
May 23, 2017
One of the most fascinating – and mysterious, features of the animal ...
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LIFE RUPIS – An analysis of poisoning cases in the Spanish side of the Douro canyon
May 9, 2017
The use of poison is one of the main causes of unnatural ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis busy flying around the Douro area – but will probably not breed this year
May 4, 2017
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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Egyptian vultures Tobia and Sara, now on their 3rd year, are still in Africa!
April 26, 2017
In August-September of 2015 6 captive-bred Egyptian vultures have been released in ...
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Egyptian Vultures and Bone crushing factories in Uttar Pradesh, India – a curious relationship
April 20, 2017
One of the VCF´s priorities is the conservation of Egyptian vulture, the ...
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Egyptian vulture Rupis is home!
April 19, 2017
Rupis – the subadult Egyptian vulture which was captured and tagged in ...
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