Data Zone
Allan, D. G. 2015. Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus. 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. 179-182. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Anderson, M.D., Piper, S.E. and Swan, G.E. 2005. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in South Africa and possible effects on vultures. South African Journal of Science 101(3-4): 112-114.
Barnes, K. N. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
BirdGuides. 2019. Catastrophic vulture poisoning in Botswana 'one of biggest ever'. Available at: https://www.birdguides.com/news/catastrophic-vulture-poisoning-in-botswana-one-of-biggest-ever/.
BirdLife International. 2008. Drugs firms told to do more to prevent vulture extinctions. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/08/indian_drug_announcemment.html.
Boshoff, A. F.; Anderson, M. D.; Borello, W. D. 1997. Vultures in the 21st century: proceedings of a workshop on vulture research and conservation in southern Africa. Vulture Study Group, Johannesburg.
Botha, A.J., Ogada, D.L. and Virani, M.Z. 2012. Proceedings of the Pan-African Vulture Summit. Endangered Wildlife Trust, Modderfontein, South Africa and The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID.
Botha, A.J.; Andevski, J.; Bowden, C.G.R.; Gudka, M.; Safford, R.J.; Tavares, J.; Williams, N. P. 2017. Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures. MS Raptors MOU Technical Publication No. 5. CMS Technical Series No. xx. Coordinating Unit of the CMS Raptors MOU, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Available at: http://www.cms.int/sites/default/files/document/cms_cop12_doc.24.1.4_annex3_vulture-msap_e.pdf.
Bridgeford, P. 2009. Monitoring breeding Lappet-faced Vultures in the Namib. African Raptors: 2-4.
Brown, C. J. 1986. Biology and conservation of the Lappet-faced Vulture in SWA/Namibia. Vulture News 16: 10-20.
Buij, R.; Nikolaus, G.; Whytock, R.; Ingram, D.J.; Ogada, D. 2016. Trade of threatened vultures and other raptors for fetish and bushmeat in West and Central Africa. Oryx 50(4): 606-616.
Craig, C. A., Thomson, R. L. and Santangeli, A. 2018. Communal farmers of Namibia appreciate vultures and the ecosystem services they provide. Ostrich 89(3): 211-220.
Evans, M. I.; Al-Mashaqbah, S. 1996. Did Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos formerly breed in Jordan? Sandgrouse 18: 61.
Garbett, R.; Herremans, M.; Maude, G.; Reading, R.P. and Amar, A. 2018. Raptor population trends in northern Botswana: A re-survey of road transects after 20 years. Biological Conservation 224: 87-99.
Groom, R.J.; Gandiwa, E.; van der Westhuizen, H.J. 2013. A mass poisoning of White-backed and Lappet-faced Vultures in Gonarezhou National Park. Honeyguide 59(1): 5-9.
Hancock, P. 2009. Botswana - major poisoning incidents. African Raptors: 10-11.
Harrison, J. A., Allan, D. G., Underhill, L. G., Herremans, M., Tree, A. J., Parker, V. & Brown, C. J. 1997. The Atlas of Southern African Birds. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Kendall, C. J., Rubenstein, D. I., Slater, P. L. and Monadjem, A. 2017. An assessment of tree availability as a possible cause of population declines in scavenging raptors. Journal of Avian Biology 48: 1-8.
Kendall, C.J. and Virani, M.Z. 2012. Assessing mortality of African vultures using wing tags and GSM-GPS transmitters. Journal of Raptor Research 46(1): 135-140.
Komen, L. 2009. Namibia - vultures killed deliberately and accidentally. African Raptors 2: 13.
Massa, B. 1999. New and less known birds from Libya. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119: 129-133.
McCulloch, G. 2006. Lappet-faced Vulture - a social hunter? Africa - Birds & Birding 11: 32-34.
McCulloch, G. 2006. Lappet-faced Vultures - social hunters? Vulture News: 10-13.
McKean, S.; Mander, M.; Diederichs, N.; Ntuli, L.; Mavundla, K.; Williams, V.; Wakelin, J. 2013. The impact of traditional use on vultures in South Africa. Vulture News 65: 15-36.
Mundy, P. J. 1982. The comparative biology of Southern African vultures. Vulture Study Group, Johannesburg.
Mundy, P.; Butchart, D.; Ledger, J.; Piper, S. 1992. The vultures of Africa. Academic Press, London.
Murn, C.; Botha, A. in press. Assessing the accuracy of plotless density estimators using census counts. Ostrich.
Newton, S. F.; Shobrak, M. 1993. The Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos in Saudi Arabia. In: Wilson, R.T. (ed.), Proceedings of the eighth Pan-African Ornithological Congress: birds and the African environment, pp. 111-117. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium.
Ogada, D.; Botha, A.; Shaw, P. 2016. Ivory poachers and poison: Drivers of Africa's declining vulture populations. Oryx 50(4): 593-596.
Ogada, D.; Shaw, P.; Beyers, R.L.; Buij, R.; Murn, C.; Thiollay, J.M.; Beale, C.M.; Holdo, R.M.; Pomeroy, D.; Baker, N.; Krüger, S.C.; Botha, A.; Virani, M.Z.; Monadjem, A.; Sinclair, A.R.E. 2016. Another continental vulture crisis: Africa’s vultures collapsing toward extinction. Conservation Letters 9: 89-97.
Otieno, P.O.; Lalah, J.O.; Virani, M., Jondiko, I.O.; Schramm, K. 2010. Carbofuran and its toxic metabolites provide forensic evidence for Furadan exposure in vultures (Gyps africanus) in Kenya. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 84: 536-544.
Parker, V. 2005. The atlas of the birds of central Mozambique. Endangered Wildlife Trust and Avian Demography Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Pomeroy, D., Shaw, P., Opige, M., Kaphu, G., Ogada, D. L. and Virani, M. Z. 2015. Vulture populations in Uganda: using road survey data to measure both densities and encounter rates within protected and unprotected areas. Bird Conservation International 25: 399-414.
Rondeau, G. and Thiollay, J.M. 2004. West African vulture decline. Vulture News 51: 13-31.
Roxburgh, L.; McDougall, R. 2012. Vulture poisoning incidents and the status of vultures in Zambia and Malawi. Vulture News 62: 33-39.
Shimelis, A.; Sande, E.; Evans, S.; Mundy, P. 2005. International action plan for Lappet-faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotus (Threatened Birds of Africa).
Shobrak, M. 2011. Changes in the number of breeding pairs, nest distribution and nesting trees used by the Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus in the Mahazat As-Sayd Protected Area, Saudi Arabia. Bombay Natural History Society 108: 114-119.
Shobrak, M. in press. Status and conservation of vultures in Saudi Arabia.
Simmons, R. 1995. Mass poisoning of Lappetfaced vultures in Namibia. Journal of African Raptor Biology 10: 3.
Simmons, R. E.; Brown, C. J. 2015. Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus. In: Simmons, R. E.; Brown, C. J.; Kemper, J. (ed.), Birds to watch in Namibia: red, rare and endemic species, pp. 111-114. Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Nature Foundation.
Steyn, P. 1982. Birds of prey of southern Africa. David Philip, Cape Town.
Thiollay, J.-M. 2006. Severe declines of large birds in the northern Sahel of West Africa: a long-term assessment. Bird Conservation International 16(4): 353-365.
Thiollay, J.-M. 2006. The decline of raptors in West Africa: long-term assessment and the role of protected areas. Ibis 148: 240-254.
Virani, M.; Kendall, C.; Njoroge, P.; Thomsett, S. 2011. Major declines in the abundance of vultures and other scavenging raptors in and around the Masai Mara ecosystem, Kenya. Biological Conservation 144: 746-752.
WCS. 2016. Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda.
Wernery, U. 2009. A Lappet-faced Vulture nest in eastern Arabia. Phoenix: 15.
Woodford, M.H.; Bowden, C.G.R.; Shah, N. 2008. Diclofenac in Asia and Africa – repeating the same mistake? Harmonisation and improvement of registration and quality control of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Africa - OIE World Organisation for Animal Health.
IUCN SSC Vulture Specialist Group
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lappet-faced-vulture-torgos-tracheliotos on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.