Rare Vulture Tagged in Kazakhstan to Track Its Migration
Photo: Committee for Forestry and Wildlife
A cinereous vulture chick, also known as a Eurasian black vulture, has been fitted with a GPS/GSM tracker for the first time in Charyn National Park, Orda.kz reports, citing the Committee for Forestry and Wildlife.
The device will allow researchers to monitor the bird’s movements, migration routes and wintering grounds.
The chick was tagged on July 25 by ornithologists from Kazakhstan’s Biodiversity Research and Conservation Center and the Russian Raptor Research and Conservation Network.
The project is supported by the Vulture Conservation Foundation.
Kazakhstan began fitting rare vultures with trackers in 2024. Eight birds have now been tagged. Initial monitoring showed that they migrate to Tajikistan, Pakistan and India for the winter.
One of Kazakhstan’s first GPS-tracked vultures was later found dead in India, possibly after feeding on the carcass of an animal treated with a toxic veterinary drug.
Vultures feed mainly on carrion and play an important role in the ecosystem by removing animal carcasses and limiting the spread of disease.
Their population has been declining, partly because of poisonous substances and veterinary drugs used on livestock. Ornithologists have previously called for restrictions on medicines that are toxic to vultures.
Original author: Raushan Korzhumbekova
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