The decline of raptors in West Africa: long‐term assessment and the role of protected areas

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First description of migration and wintering of adult Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus tracked by GPS satellite telemetry (2010, background): “This transitional ecoregion is composed of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn scrublands where traditional semi-nomad shepherds raise livestock in a system of transhumance, which are taken advantage of by Egyptian Vultures (review in Thiollay 2006).”
Another Continental Vulture Crisis: Africa's Vultures Collapsing toward Extinction (2016, background): “Similarly, although the consumption of vultures as bushmeat in some West African countries (e.g., Nigeria and Ivory Coast; Rondeau & Thiollay 2004; Thiollay 2006; Saidu & Buij 2013) may be a particular regional concern, smoked vulture meat is known to be trafficked internationally (Rondeau & Thiolla”