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The hooded crow, aka hoodie, is considered a subspecies of the carrion crow. They can be found throughout Europe and into the Middle East. These birds face the threats of persecution seeing as they often steal game bird eggs and damage crops; habitat loss and destruction at the hands of […]

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The little raven hails from southeastern Australia. As is the case with all Australian species of Corvus, the black feathers have a grey base. Their iris is also white on the adult birds. These birds face the threats of habitat loss; persecution as they are often seen as a pest […]

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The forest raven, aka Tasmanian raven, is a passerine bird in the Corvidae family and native to Tasmania & parts of southern Victoria. These birds face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial development, farming, and ranching; human conflict, in the form of […]

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The red-headed vulture, aka Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture, or Pondicherry vulture, is a diminishing vulture species that hails from the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. These vultures face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of farming; deforestation at the hands of the logging industry; […]

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The greater adjutant, a member of the stork family, shares its genus with the lesser adjutant of Asia and the marabou stork of Africa. Once inhabiting much of southern Asia and mainland southeast Asia, these storks are now restricted to a far smaller range with only 3 breeding populations; 2 […]

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The white-rumped vulture is an Old World (those from Asia and Africa) vulturine species native to southern and southeastern Asia. Numbering into the several million strong, before the 2000s, these birds now number only an estimated 6,000-. This is due primarily to kidney failure as a result of diclofenac poisoning. […]

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The white-backed vulture is an Old World (animals from Africa and Asia) vulture that hails from Africa. Despite their status, they are the most common vulture seen in Africa. These vultures face many threats such as habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments, farming, oil […]

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The Egyptian vulture, aka white scavenger vulture or pharaoh’s chicken, is an Old World vulture (those found in Africa and Asia). They can be found in southern Europe into northern Africa, and eastward to western and southern Asia. These vultures face many threats such as habitat loss and destruction at […]

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The great skua, aka bonxie, has a wide distribution throughout the central and northern Atlantic Ocean. They can be spotted out at sea and off the coasts of North America, Iceland, Greenland, Europe, Asia, and Africa. These birds prefer to nest in moorlands and rocky islands. Even though they face […]

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And the prize for largest vulture in Africa goes to the lappet-faced vulture, aka African eared vulture or Nubian vulture. Due to a decreasing population of an estimated 6,500 wild individuals, these birds are listed as Endangered. They face many threats, such as: habitat loss, at the hands of residential […]

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