{"id":1557,"date":"2023-09-02T15:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brcc.kz\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2025-04-17T21:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:53:31","slug":"vulturesintoredbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brcc.kz\/en\/2023\/09\/02\/vulturesintoredbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurasian Griffon and Cinereous Vulture in the Red Book of Kazakhstan!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, September 2, on International Scavenger Bird Awareness Day<\/a>, we will look at several species of scavengers living in Kazakhstan. Let's talk about what threats affect them and what should be done first of all to conserve them.<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Griffon Vulture<\/strong> is one of the largest scavenger species belonging to the genus Vulture. Their global population ranges from 80,000-900,000 sexually mature individuals (2022, Vulture Conservation Foundation)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Eurasian Griffon has a large breeding range extending across Europe and the Middle East. It is found from India to Portugal and Spain in the west, including some island colonies in the Mediterranean (Sardinia, Crete, Cyprus and recently \u2013 in Majorca), as well as the Kvarner archipelago in Croatia. The range includes Turkey, the Crimean Peninsula, and the Caucasus (Katzner et al., 2004), as well as Central Asia. (Katzner et al., 2004)<\/em> and Central Asia.<\/p>\n

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Griffon Vulture \u00a9 Karyakin I.V.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

For a long time, Griffon Vulture was erroneously considered a common species in Kazakhstan. According to scientists' calculations, in 2012 the number of vultures in Kazakhstan was estimated at 80-100, maximum 150 pairs (Sklyarenko, Katzner, 2012)<\/em>. In the last few decades, the number of this species in our country has sharply decreased. Several reasons could have influenced such an outcome:<\/p>\n