Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) Family: Accipitridae Order: Falconiformes Back
Eurasian griffon Gänsegeier Vautour fauve Buitre leonado
CMS App II Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES II (Europe: SPEC 3 threat status R)
Migration: partial intercontinental, dispersal of juvniles

Gyps fulvus

Sedentary and partyl migratory; juveniles disperse widely, accounting for most sightings outside normal range, e.g. vagrants in C & N Europe. A few thousand birds, mainly juveniles, winter in Africa, with crossings at Straits of Gibraltar (peak Oct-Nov), Bosporus und Suez; occur S to Senegal, Mali and Niger; in smaller numbers, E to Sudan and Ethiopia; mainly visit zones of savanna and steppe. Not all of these birds return to Europe in spring; peak crossing into Iberian Peninsula in Apr-May. Shorter seasonal or nomadic movements also occur, in relation to climate and movements of livestock herds.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West & Central Asia
Recommended link: http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/priors/griffon.htm
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Explanatory notes
(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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