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Any of various carnivorous bird of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes which feed on meat taken by hunting. (Source: MGH)

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Gangoso L, Alvarez-Lloret P, Rodriguez-Navarro AAB, Mateo R, Hiraldo F, Donázar JA 2009. Long-term effects of lead poisoning on bone mineralization in vultures exposed to ammunition sources. Environmental Pollution 157 569-574

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Berny P, Vilagines L, Cugnasse J-M, Mastain O, Chollet J-Y, Joncour G, Razin M 2015. Vigilance poison: Illegal poisoning and lead intoxication are the main factors affecting avian scavenger survival in the Pyrenees (France). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 118 71-82

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Illegal poisoning and lead intoxication are the main factors affecting avian scavenger survival in the Pyrenees.pdf	1.51 MB

Stroud RK, Hunt WG 2009. Gunshot wounds: A source of lead in the environment. Ingestion of lead from spent ammunition: Implications for wildlife and humans 119-125

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Gunshot wounds A source of lead in the environment.pdf	1.05 MB

BirdLife International 2002. Important Bird Areas and potential Ramsar Sites in Africa.

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Important Bird Areas and potential RAMSAR sites in Africa.pdf	15.17 MB

Appendix 2: Sites of high protection value for birds in the Okavango Delta Ramsar Site. Birdlife Botswana, Baseline Survey of the Slaty Egret.

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Kelly TR, Bloom PH, Torres SG, Hernandez YZ, Poppenga RH, Boyce WM, Johnson CK 2011. Impact of the California lead ammunition ban on reducing lead exposure in golden eagles and turkey vultures. PLoS ONE 6 (4) e17656

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Impact of the California lead ammunition ban on reducing lead exposure in golden eagles and turkey vultures.pdf	406.39 KB

Arkumarev V, McGrady M, Angelov I 2019. A literature review of occurrence of Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) resident in Africa. 1-54

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A literature review of occurrence of Egyptian Vulture resident in Africa.pdf	1.14 MB

2014. African Raptors. Newsletter of the African Raptor Network

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ARN Newsletter 4.pdf	3.09 MB

2022. Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.

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Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.pdf	29.34 MB
Carnivore-Red-Data-Book-low-res.pdf	27.29 MB
Poster Conservation Status and Red List of the Terrestrial Carnivores of Namibia.pdf	8.33 MB

van den Heever L, Elburg MA, Iaccheri L, Naidoo V, Ueckermann H, Bybee G, Smit‑Robinson HA, Whitecross MA, McKechnie AE 2022. Identifying the origin of lead poisoning in white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) chicks at an important South African breeding colony: a stable lead isotope approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Website link:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-23209-z

Hampton JO, Specht AJ, Pay JM, Pokras MA, Bengsen JA 2021. Portable X-ray fluorescence for bone lead measurements of Australian eagles. Science of the Total Environment 789

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Namibian Wildlife Lead (Pb) Poisoning Working Group (NWLPWG).

Website link:https://n-c-e.org/namibian-wildlife-lead-poisoning-working-group

Brown CJ 1984. Vulnerable species - the Cape Vulture at the Waterberg Plateau Park and a motivation to set up a vulture feeding site.

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Brown CJ 1984_Cape Vulture at the Waterberg Plateau Park and a motivation to set up a vulture feeding site.pdf	840.02 KB

Dickie G 2023. Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers.

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ZAM_2023_06_Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers_TimesLive.pdf	242 KB

Kane A, Monadjem A, Aschenborn O, Bildstein K, Botha A, Bracebridge C, Buechley ER, Buij R, Davies JP, Diekmann M, Downs CT, Farwig N, Galligan T, Kaltenecker G, Kelly C, Kemp R, Kolberg H, Mackenzie ML, Mendelsohn J, Mgumba M, Nathan R, Nicholas A, Ogada D, Pfeiffer MB, Phipps WL, Pretorius MD, Rösner S, Schabo DG, Shatumbu GL, Spiegel O, Thompson LJ, Venter JA, Virani M, Wolter K, Kendall CJ 2022. Understanding continent-wide variation in vulture ranging behavior to assess feasibility of Vulture Safe Zones in Africa: Challenges and possibilities. Biological Conservation 268 109516

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Understanding continent_wide variation in vulture ranging behavior to assess feasibility of Vulture Safe Zones in Africa.pdf	433.47 KB

O'Bryan CJ, Allan JR, Suarez-Castro AF, Delsen DM, Buij R, McClure CJW, Rehbein JA, Virani MZ, McCabe JD, Tyrrell P, Negret PJ, Greig C, Brehony P, Kissling WD 2022. Human impacts on the world's raptors. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 624896

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Human impacts on the worlds raptors.pdf	374.66 KB

Meyburg B-U, Meyburg C 2002. Monitoring raptors by means of satellite telemetry. Raptors in the new millenium 22-32

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Monitoring raptors by means of satellite telemetry.pdf	402.35 KB

Mills MSL, Melo M 2023. Birds of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia: ornithological significance, avifaunal patterns and questions requiring further study. Namibian Journal of Environment 8 293-309

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Birds of the highlands and escarpments of Angola and Namibia.pdf	1.15 MB

Olugbode M 2023. Nigerian Government launches investigation into killing of elephants and migrating eagles.

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NIG_2023_12_Nigerian Government launches investigation into killing of elephants and migrating eagles_African Elephant Journal.pdf	289.51 KB

van den Heever L, Thompson JL, Bowerman WW, Smit-Robinson H, Shaffer LJ, Harrell RM, Ottinger MA Reviewing the role of vultures at the human-wildlife livestock disease interface: An african perspective. Journal of Raptor Research 55 (3) 311-327

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Reviewing the role of vultures at the human_wildlife livestock disease interface.pdf	264.29 KB

Plaza PI, Martínez-López E, Lambertucci SA 2019. The perfect threat: Pesticides and vultures. Science of The Total Environment 687 1207-1218

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The perfect threat_Pesticides and vultures.pdf	404.92 KB

2024. Concern over targeting of birds of prey.

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SA_2024_06_Concern over targeting birds of prey_KZN News.pdf	535.65 KB

Mendelsohn J 1986. Recoveries and Palaearctic origins of Steppe Buzzards ringed in South Africa. Safring News 15 37-42

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Recoveries_and_Palaearctic_Origins_of_Steppe_Buzzards_Ringed_in_South_Africa_by_John_Mendelsohn.pdf	393.86 KB

Mendelsohn J 1987. Comments on RSD and the agility of the Bat Hawk by J. Auburn. Gabar 2 16-17

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Comments_agility of the Bat Hawk.pdf	912.38 KB

Sapsford CW, Mendelsohn JM 1983. An evaluation of the use of tritium for estimating daily energy expenditure for wild Blackshouldered Kites Elanus caeruleus and Greater Kestrels Falco rupicoloides. Proceedings of the Second Symposium on African Predatory Birds

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An evaluation of the use of tritium for estimating daily energy expenditure for wild Blackshouldered Kites and Greater Kestrels.pdf	678.93 KB

1985. A study of the black shouldered kite Elanus caeruleus. Dissertation Abstracts 19 (1) 30-31

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Dissertation abstracts_A study of the black-shouldered kite elanus caerulus_1985.pdf	936.31 KB

Mendelsohn JM 1983. Social behaviour and dispersion of the Blackshouldered Kite. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology 54 (1) 1-18

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Social_Behaviour_and_Dispersion_of_the_Blackshouldered_kite_by_John_Mendelsohn_March_1983.pdf	1.45 MB

Website link:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1983.9634437#.VSd8mmf9kpE

Mendelsohn J 1982. The feeding ecology of the Blackshouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus (Aves: Accipitridae). Durban Museum Novitates XIII (8) 75-116

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Mendelsohn J 1984. The timing and breeding in Blackshouldered Kites in southern Africa. Proceedings of the fifth Pan-African Ornithological Congress 799-808

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Bridgeford P, Bridgeford M 2003. Ten years of monitoring breeding Lappet-faced Vultures Torgos tracheliotos in the Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia. Vulture News 48 03-11

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2006. Lappet-faced Vultures eating seals in the Skeleton Coast Park.

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LFVs eating seals.pdf	156.83 KB

Clancey PA 1960. Geographical variation in the Chanting Goshawk Melierax musicus (Daudin). Durban Museum Novitates 6 (2) 14 - 18

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Geographical variation in the Chanting Goshawk Melierax musicus.pdf	553 KB

Bridgeford P 2001. Notes: More vulture deaths in Namibia. Vulture News 44 22-26

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More vulture deaths in Namibia.pdf	1.67 MB

Scott A, Scott M, Bridgeford P, Bridgeford M 2007. Natural mortality factors for African White-backed Vultures in Namibia?. Vulture News 57 62-63

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Bridgeford P 2013. Aerial survey/ringing of breeding Lappet-faced Vultures in the Namib-Naukluft Park and farm project 2013, Sptember/October 2013.

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Report aerial survey_ringing and farms project 2013.pdf	648.45 KB

Thomson N, Stehn H, Bridgeford P 2013. Observations of White-backed Vultures eating plant material in Namibia. Vulture News 64 61-65

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Friederich G 2007. Vultures breeding in palm trees.

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Graf zu Castell-Ruedenhausen C 1972. Greifvögel und Greifvögelschutz. Mitteilungen Ornithologische Arbeitsgruppe SWA Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft 8 (8) 1 - 6

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Mendelsohn JM 1990. Observation on the breeding of Rock Kestrels in Windhoek, Namibia. Gabar 5 (2) 35-40

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Mendelsohn JM 1990. The Status and Biology of the Peregrine in the Afrotropical Region. Peregrine Falcon Populations - Their Management and Recovery 297-306

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1987. Raptors in the Modern World. Proceedings of the 3rd World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls

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Meyburg B-U, Meyburg C, Belka T, Oldrich S, Vrana J 2004. Migration, wintering and breeding of a lesser spotted eagle (Aquila pomarina) from Slovakia tracked by satellite. Journal of Ornithology 145 1-7

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Wintering and breeding of a lesser spotted eagle owl.pdf	279.6 KB

Meyburg B-U, Ellis DH, Meyburg C, Mendelsohn JM, Schneller W 2001. Satellite tracking of two Lesser Spotted Eagles, Aquila pomarina, migrating from Namibia. Ostrich 72 (1-2) 35-40

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Brown CJ, Lawson JL 1989. Birds and electricity transmission lines in South West Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 16 (1) 59 - 67

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Brown CJ 1988. The diet of Booted Eagles and Peregrine Falcons in the Waterberg Plateau Park, SWA/Namibia. Gabar 3 26 - 28

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The diet of Booted Eagles and Peregrine Falcons in the Waterberg Plateau Park_1988.pdf	99.34 KB

Brown CJ 1988. Greater Kestrel and Rednecked Falcon population in the Ganab region of the central Namib Desert. Gabar 3 21 - 25

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Brown CJ, Paxton MW, Henrichsen I 1987. Aspects of the biology of the Greater Kestrel in SWA/Namibia. Madoqua 15 (2) 147 - 156

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Brown CJ, Hines CJH 1987. Western Banded Snake Eagles in Namibia. Gabar 2 40 - 42

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Western Banded Snake Eagle in Namibia_Brown_Hines 1987.pdf	133.37 KB

Brown CJ, Cooper TG 1987. The status of cliff-nesting raptors on the Waterberg SWA/Namibia. Madoqua 15 (3) 243 - 249

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Brown CJ 1986. Biology and conservation of the Lappetfaced Vulture in South West Africa/Namibia. Vulture News 16 10 - 20

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Biology and conservation of the Lappetfaced Vulture in South West Africa_Namibia.pdf	744.12 KB