{"id":43109,"date":"2013-07-21T19:39:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-21T17:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:15:39","slug":"white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/cr-critically-endangered\/white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en\/","title":{"rendered":"White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This species has declined severely in parts of its range and overall it is suspected to have undergone a very rapid decline owing to habitat loss and conversion to agro-pastoral systems, declines in wild ungulate populations, hunting for trade, persecution, collisions and poisoning. These declines are likely to continue into the future. Recently published data suggests these declines are even more serious than previously thought. For this reason it has been uplisted to Critically Endangered.<\/p>\n<p>Reference : \u00a0White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-363-43109\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-5107\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en\/d37k1395_fow.jpg\" title=\"White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus\" alt=\"White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en\/thumbs\/thumbs_d37k1395_fow.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-3173\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/white-backed-vulture-gyps-africanus-en\/img_5165-copy.jpg\" title=\"White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)  - 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These declines are likely to continue into the future. 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