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Acharya, R.; Cuthbert, R.; Baral, H. S.; Chaudhary, A. 2010. Rapid decline of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in Upper Mustang, Nepal. Forktail 26: 117-120.
Barov, B and Derhé, M. A. 2011. Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus species action plan implementation review. In: Barov, B and Derhé, M. A. (eds), Review of The Implementation Of Species Action Plans for Threatened Birds in the European Union 2004-2010. Final report. BirdLife International For the European Commission.
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Blanco, G. and Lemus, J.A. 2010. Livestock drugs and disease: the fatal combination behind breeding failure in endangered Bearded Vultures. PLoS ONE 5(11): e14163.
Carrete, M.; Margalida, A.; Oro, D.; Donázar, J. A. 2009. Population consequences of vulture restaurants: the bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus in the Spanish Pyrenees. Munibe (Supplemento - Gehigarria) 29: 219-246.
Das, D.; Cuthbert, R.; Jakati, R. D.; Prakash, V. 2010. Diclofenac is toxic to the Himalayan Griffon Vulture Gyps himalayensis . Bird Conservation Internatnational 21: 72–75.
Ferguson-Lees, J. and Christie, D.A. 2001. Raptors of the world. Christopher Helm, London.
Frey, H., Walter, W. 1989. The reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus into the Alps. In: Meyburg, B. –U., and Chancellor, R. D. (eds), Raptors in the Modern World, pp. 341-344. WWGBP, Berlin.
Gil, J. A.; Báguena, G.; Sánchez-Castilla, E.; Antor, R. J.; Alcántara, M.; López-López, P. 2014. Home ranges and movements of non-breeding Bearded Vultures tracked by satellite telemetry in the Pyrenees. Ardeola 61(2): 379-387.
Krüger, S. C. 2015. Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus. In: Taylor, M. R.; Peacock, F.; Wanless, R. M. (ed.), The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, pp. 55-57. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Krüger, S. C.; Allan, D. G.; Jenkins, A. R.; Amar, A. 2014. Trends in territory occupancy, distribution and density of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis in southern Africa. Bird Conservation International 24: 162-177.
Margalida, A.; Heredia, R.; Razin, M.; Hernández, F. J. 2008. Sources of variation in mortality of the Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus in Europe. Bird Conservation International 18(1): 1-10.
Moreno-Opo, R.; Trujillano, A.; Arredondo, Á.; González, L. M.; Margalida, A. 2015. Manipulating size, amount and appearance of food inputs to optimize supplementary feeding programs for European vultures. Biol. Conserv. 181: 27-35.
Rushworth, I. and Krüger, S. 2014. Wind farms threaten southern Africa’s cliff-nesting vultures. Ostrich 85(1): 13-23.
Simmons, R. E.; Jenkins, A. R. 2007. Is climate change influencing the decline of Cape and Bearded Vultures in southern Africa? Vulture News: 41-51.
Snow, D.W. and Perrins, C.M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Symes, A.; Taylor, J.; Mallon, D.; Porter, R.; Simms, C.; Budd, K. 2015. The Conservation Status and Distribution of the Breeding Birds of the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority.
IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group
European Union Species Action Plan
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BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Gypaetus barbatus. Downloaded from
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Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2020) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
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