{"id":14992,"date":"2020-12-27T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:06","slug":"overview-of-egyptian-vulture-conservation-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/overview-of-egyptian-vulture-conservation-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Egyptian Vulture conservation in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Egyptian Vulture in flight (c) Bruno Berthemy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2020 was a challenging year for all of us, but our work never stopped, and we continued to protect and conserve Europe vulture species despite the extra difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting down the days until 2021, we will publish a blog post sharing the highlights of each of Europe’s vulture species’ conservation achievements. Today, we focus on the Egyptian Vulture<\/a>, Europe’s smallest vulture and the only one considered globally Endangered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Douro (Portugal and Spain) \u2014 LIFE Rupis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A LIFE Rupis<\/a> project led by SEO, which ended this year, aimed to strengthen the populations of the Egyptian Vulture (and the Bonelli\u2019s eagle) at the trans-border Douro, by reducing the mortality of these birds and increasing their breeding success. To do so, the project team equipped with GPs tags several Egyptian Vultures to monitor their behaviour and help tackle threats. As the only true long-distance migratory vulture in Europe, these tags help monitor the species both in their breeding and hatching places in Europe as well as their wintering grounds in Africa. In spring 2020, we here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) alongside partners, tracked the movements of Egyptian Vultures returning to Europe after they wintered in Africa, including some birds tagged 3 years ago within the LIFE Rupis project<\/a> in the Douro (Portugal\/Spain). Incidentally, you can read about what Egyptian vultures eat there here<\/a>. After the breeding season, they then departed again to Africa<\/a> in autumn. Surprisingly, we even received GPS data from the Egyptian Vulture named Rupis after nearly a year without information<\/a>, confirming he is doing well. Furthermore, within the project, a young bird found in Portugal with severe fault bars underwent feather transplant<\/a> and spent almost a year in rehabilitation before being released. This particular individual, named Fangueiro, successfully managed to reach Africa against all odds<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy \u2014 LIFE Egyptian Vulture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n