Species Profile
Hooded Vulture
(Necrosyrtes monachus)
Species Fact Sheet
| IUCN Red List Status | Critically Endangered | Source: IUCN 2024 |
| Nesting Habitat | Within the canopies of well-foliaged trees. Nests are often reused for years or even decades. | Source: Le Roux et al 2024 |
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Bibliography
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Asefa et al 2024. "State of Ethiopia’s vertebrate fauna: Implications for implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework" Ethiopian Journal of Science 47(2). https://www.ajol.info...
Asso et al 2024. "Unveiling the Threat to Vulture Diversity: A Comprehensive Ethno‐Ornithological Study Uncovers Regional Trade Effects in Côte d'Ivoire" Ecology and Evolution 14(12). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Asso et al 2024. “Cultural attitudes and human pressure towards vultures around the Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa)” Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 20. https://ethnobiomed.biomedcentral.com...
Awoyemi et al 2022. “Culture and the illegal trade in vultures in southwestern Nigeria: conundrums and recommendations” Vulture News 83: November 2022. https://www.ajol.info...
Barlow 2020. “Further observations and implications of Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis fruit consumption by Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus in coastal Gambia” Vulture News 79: November 2020. https://www.ajol.info...
Barlow and Brohaugh 2022. “Road-killed frogs add another item to the food list of the Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus in The Gambia” Vulture News 82: July 2022. https://www.ajol.info...
Barlow et al 2022. “Marine carrion is an important food source for Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus on south Gambian beaches: a photographic report with a list of food items” Vulture News 80: July 2021. https://www.ajol.info...
Barlow et al 2023. “Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus scavenge on a mass wreckage of large terns in a major HPAI outbreak in The Gambia: a photo report of scraper-feeder type damage to carcasses” Afrotropical Bird Biology 3: 2023. https://journals.uct.ac.za...
Buij et al 2021. “Exposure to pesticides and zoonoses during procurement, trade, and consumption of vulture parts: an unexplored threat to human health” Vulture News 81: November 2021. https://www.ajol.info...
Daboné et al 2024. "Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus are still declining in West Africa: a nearly 50-year assessment study (1969–2019)" Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology 95(1). https://www.tandfonline.com...
Dognimon et al 2025. "Geographic distribution and supply chain of vultures in Benin, West Africa" Conservation Science and Practice: 20 February 2025. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com...
Friedman 2021. “Hooded Vultures at an abattoir in Kigali, Rwanda” Vulture News 80: July 2021. https://www.ajol.info...
Kimbo and Barlow 2023. “An extreme weather event in Sierra Leone precipitates a mass slaughter of Hooded Vultures Necrosyrtes monachus for human consumption” Afrotropical Bird Biology 3: 2023. https://journals.uct.ac.za...
Le Roux et al 2024. “Family Associations in a Breeding Colony of Critically Endangered Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in the Lowveld of South Africa” Ecology and Evolution 14(11). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...