Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Authority: (Temminck, 1823)

Red List Category

Criteria: A3cd+4acd

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Justification of Red List category
It is suspected that this species is currently undergoing an extremely rapid population reduction owing to indiscriminate poisoning, trade for traditional medicine, hunting for food, persecution and electrocution, as well as habitat loss and degradation. Very rapid reductions have been estimated for the global population based on road transect data from West Africa, Cameroon, Botswana and Kenya. However, the West Africa data only covers the period preceding 2004, when the rates of reduction there were slower than central and East Africa. Since then, very rapid reductions and local extirpations have been reported from many West African countries to the extent that declines here are suspected to have exceeded the very rapid reductions estimated elsewhere. While there is a clear need for repeats of the large-scale transect data from West Africa, it is suspected that overall recent rates of reduction exceed 80% over the current and future three-generation period. Hooded Vulture is therefore assessed as Critically Endangered under Criteria A3cd+4acd.

Population size: 131000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 22,500,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN System - Terrestrial
Raptors MOU