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The Egyptian Vulture Fangueiro successfully crossed the sea, reached Africa and is making his way towards his wintering grounds after a challenging past.
Shortly after the Egyptian Vulture hatched and left the nest in 2019, he needed help as he was found weak, malnourished and with problematic feathers. To make a recovery, he almost spent a year in rehabilitation where he had several operations and treatments to grow new feathers but also got new ones through imping, which entails glueing feathers from another bird. Following months of diligent care, he was nursed back to health and was released in the Douro in Portugal this summer!
The whole team involved were anxious to see what will happen next, considering that Fangueiro spent his first months of life in captivity and suffered from a lot of health issues before. Would he attempt and manage to migrate to Africa for his first autumn migration this year? Well, as it turns out, not only did Fangueiro cross the Strait of Gibraltar to reach Africa successfully, but he did so in a mere 20 minutes according to the GPS data. Furthermore, once he reached Morocco, he continued heading south and making good progress, heading towards his wintering grounds!
What an inspiring story showing the resilience of these birds - let's hope Fanguiero will return to Europe one day and breed — we will closely monitor his movements and keep you informed!
We here at the Vulture Conservation Foundation follow the movements of several vultures as part of different projects. You can track the movements of all the European vulture species we tagged within our different projects and regions by visiting our online public maps.
Bearded Vulture online maps
Cinereous Vulture online maps
Egyptian Vulture online maps
Griffon Vulture online maps
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