Name(s):
Threatened species of Cinereous vulture
Endangered species of Black vulture
Background
The range of [Aegypius monachus] covers: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
Incidence
The black vulture is listed as a "lower risk" category by the IUCN. It is possibly extinct from Albania, Israel and Macedonia, while there is a lack of data about the species in Cyprus, Syria and Yugoslavia.