Belief-based use increasing threat to yellow-billed kite, an important African scavenger
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Sharon Guynup
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MongabayBelief-based use increasing threat to yellow-billed kite, an important African scavengermongabay.comWith West Africa’s vulture populations dwindling, poachers are increasingly turning to yellow-billed kites, a medium-sized, extremely adaptable raptor found in nearly every landscape across much of sub-Saharan Africa. And though they are listed as a “least concern” species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, they face a growing threat: They’re more frequently hunted […]
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