Order FALCONIFORMES | Family ACCIPITRIDAE |
Neophron percnopterus Linnaeus, 1758 Egyptian Vulture Races:
Rare breeding migrant. Inhabits low desert mountains, chinks and river precipices among desert. Appears in end March – early April, and latest migrants observed in end April – mid-May. Nest is built in niche, small cave or on rock ledge from dry twigs lined with hair, pieces of sheep’s clothing, rags and feathers. They are used yearly. Clutches of 1-3, usually 2 eggs in end April – May. Both parents incubate and feed juveniles, which fledge in July – August. Repeated breeding after lost of clutches is possible. Autumn migration begins in end August, latest birds observed in end September. During migration they occurs singly or rarely in groups of 2-3 birds, on Chokpak Pass recorded 3 and 18 September 2000.
Breeds on Mangyshlak, in Karatau ridge, Talasskiy and Kirgizskiy Alatau, in Chu-Iliyskiye Mts. and in xerophytic spurs of Zailiyskiy and Dzhungarskiy Alatau (probably up to Alakol’ lake). Here occurs on migration also. Occasionally recorded in western, central and eastern areas, including lower Ural and Uil valleys (end May 1963, 25 August 1969 and early September 1971), Betpak-Dala (28 June 1984, juvenile), Sarysu lower valley (27 July, 3 August 1953), Saur (6-10 July 1863) and Southern Altai (5 September 1946).
Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
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