African Raptors

A joint expedition between BSPB (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds) and the Sudanese Wildlife Society (25.IX-5.X.2010) has found 17 electrocuted Egyptian Vultures. The main study area of the expedition was the Red Sea coast in North-Eastern Sudan.

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Ethiopia is known for its endemism both fauna and flora. Among others, raptors are an important part of our biodiversity: Culturally, economically as well as socially. Recent research conducted informs us that vulture populations in Africa are on the decline and may be on the verge of collapse in the next half century unless we [...]

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Catching a Lappet-faced vulture is always a struggle. At a typical large carcass you often find that these red-headed birds are outnumbered by their smaller white-backed cousins, sometimes with a single Lappet-faced vulture trying to fight for a scrap of wildebeest meat with over fifty African white-backed vultures. This makes capturing one a rare event. [...]

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  The Ebo forest in southwestern Cameroon covers over 1500km2 of mountainous mixed evergreen and deciduous forest and basalt outcrops. The challenging terrain has limited the extent of both timber exploitation and, until recently, the worst ravages of the commercial trade in bushmeat.  Consequently, the forest retains a relatively intact fauna.

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