{"id":6265,"date":"2019-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/gps-transmitter-helps-locate-and-rescue-injured-cinereous-vulture-in-portugal\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:38:41","slug":"gps-transmitter-helps-locate-and-rescue-injured-cinereous-vulture-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/gps-transmitter-helps-locate-and-rescue-injured-cinereous-vulture-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"GPS transmitter helps locate and rescue injured Cinereous Vulture in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cinereous<\/a>
Cinereous Vulture in the transport box for the CERAS after its capture in the Natural Park of the Serra de S\u00e3o Mamede (c) O. Urbano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GPS transmitter fitted to a Cinereous Vulture helps team rescue the bird after it became injured near the Portuguese town of Nisa.<\/p>\n

Following Portugal’s Cinereous Vultures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last summer Murtig\u00e3o became the first wild Cinereous Vulture in Portugal to be fitted with a GPS transmitter<\/a>\u00a0by colleagues from Liga para a Protec\u00e7\u00e3o da Natureza (LPN) and the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests (ICNF) in the Moura region of southern Portugal, generously supported by the MAVA Foundation. The same year in the Tejo International Natural Park, home to a colony of around 15 breeding pairs, another young bird was fitted with a transmitter by a team from the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in collaboration with Endesa Electric Company, the Department of Toxicology of the University of Murcia (Spain) and the ICNF.<\/p>\n

\"Fitting<\/a>
Fitting the Cinereous Vulture in the Tejo International Natural Park, 2018. (c) P. Jimenez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weighing between 30g and 40g fitting a GPS transmitter to wild-born and rescued birds<\/a> in Portugal helps conservationists understand their movements, foraging ranges and habits. As the population of Cinereous Vultures recover in the country the information these transmitters provide is vital to reveal any threats they may face during their travels giving insights for conservationists that will allow them to carry out actions to reduce the risk they face and help support the species comeback in the area.<\/p>\n

They also allow teams to pick up when a vulture is no longer moving and potentially injured as was the case with this bird.<\/p>\n

Injured as a result of collision\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This young bird was found injured on April 10, seven kilometers from Nisa, in the Serra de S\u00e3o Mamede Natural Park area, thanks to the GPS transmitter he carried with him. It is thought that it may have hit a power line.<\/p>\n