vultures Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Rock Art

By Robert Montgomerie|2025-10-17T00:11:50+00:0017 Oct 2025|bird-human interactions, corvids, game bird, herons, History of Ornithology, owls, raptors, vultures, waders|

Ancient paintings and etchings of birds on rocks

Vulture survival and implications for conservation

By John Mallord|2024-05-03T11:36:44+00:0029 Apr 2024|adult survival, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, captive-bred, gps tags, poisoning, vultures|

Populations of Critically Endangered species remain stable but no evidence of recovery

Recent surveys deliver mixed news for India’s vultures

By John Mallord|2024-02-15T16:26:43+00:004 Mar 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, poisoning, vultures|

Populations of Critically Endangered species remain stable but no evidence of recovery

One’s Trash is Another’s Treasure

By Zoey Greenberg|2024-01-29T13:13:58+00:0029 Jan 2024|adult survival, anthropogenic food sources, Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, Conservation, global change, monitoring, vultures|

Landfill sites in Chile support Andean Condors

Critically Endangered vulture shows resilience

By Zoey Greenberg|2023-10-12T10:44:41+00:0025 Sep 2023|Bird Protection, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, Breeding, breeding success, Conservation, global change, monitoring, protected areas, vultures|

Eleven years of successful nesting suggest protective measures work

What shapes Griffon Vultures’ social networks?

By Orr Spiegel|2023-06-13T22:32:49+00:0022 Jun 2023|behaviour, bird movements, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, communication, flight, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Vultures’ social interactions across different situations matter for their population structure

How is climate change affecting Bearded Vulture ranges?

By Tulsi Subedi|2022-11-07T10:13:16+00:0010 Nov 2022|adaptation, Africa, birds of conservation concern, birds of prey, climate, climate change, distribution, ecology, global change, habitat, Himalayan birds, IBIS, modelling, raptors, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Modelling Bearded Vulture distributions under various climate scenarios

Spotting tagged birds from photographs

By Andrea Santangeli|2022-07-19T09:59:44+00:0021 Jul 2022|camara traps, cameras, IBIS, image processing, machine learning, monitoring, raptors, remote sensing, scavengers, vultures|

Using artificial intelligence to identify tagged birds in camera trap images

Colouration in Bearded Vultures

By Pascual López-López|2022-02-03T14:35:55+00:0031 Jan 2022|avian biology, birds of prey, communication, IBIS, non-vocal communication, plumage, raptors, reproductive signalling, soaring birds, vultures|

Dominant females are usually darker and prefer darker males for breeding: a new study on bird colouration

Connecting vultures to the Internet of Things

By Jethro Gauld|2023-10-16T08:49:19+00:0020 Dec 2021|bio-logging, birds of prey, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, gps tags, movement, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, tracking, vultures|

A new way to track bird movements using a growing LoRa network