{"id":22096,"date":"2019-01-31T15:52:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/?p=22096"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:52:28","slug":"imminent-extinction-egyptian-vulture-santo-ant-o-island-cape-verde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/?p=22096","title":{"rendered":"Imminent extinction of the Egyptian vulture on Santo Ant\u00e3o island in Cape Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"source\">&nbsp;Inspired by&nbsp; \u00ab\u00a0Notes et articles courts\u00a0\u00bb :<br \/>\u00ab<em> <\/em>The Egypian Vulture <em>Neophron percnopterus<\/em>, <br \/>Indicator of the evolution of island ecosystems<br \/>Example: Santo Ant\u00e3o Island, Cape Verde \u00bb<\/div>\n<p>Published in ALAUDA, International ornithological Magazine, Volume 86 (4) 2018<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vautourpercnoptere1060463.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\u00a9 Fabrice CROSET\" class=\"imagecache-largeur largeur\"><\/p>\n<p>On Cape Verde islands, an historical population of Egyptian vultures is on the brink of extinction, if not already extinct. In the 1960\u2019s, according to Naurois, the species seemed to be abundant on every island of the archipelago and highly dependant on human population : their waste, cattle breeding, etc. The state of the population on Santo Antao was already worrying in 2001. Hille estimated the population to be 10 couples and the decline around 50%.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/archipel.PNG\" alt=\"\" class=\"imagecache-largeur largeur\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The causes of the decline are manifold and similar to the continental populations : \u201cpoisoning, electrocutions, destructions,  habitat alterations, decrease in food ressources\u2026..\u201d Michel Clouet writes in Alauda. A lot of effective measures have been implemented on the Canary islands. Following the installation of feeding plots and the elimination of mortality causes, endangered Egyptian vultures have recovered. <\/p>\n<p>Translated by Claudine Caillet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Inspired by&nbsp; \u00ab\u00a0Notes et articles courts\u00a0\u00bb :\u00ab The Egypian Vulture Neophron percnopterus, Indicator of the evolution of island ecosystemsExample: Santo Ant\u00e3o Island, Cape Verde \u00bb Published in ALAUDA, International ornithological Magazine, Volume 86 (4) 2018 &nbsp; On Cape Verde islands, an historical population of Egyptian vultures is on the brink of extinction, if not already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autres-informations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preprod-cna.lpo.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}