Absence of the Eurasian Griffon &Lpar;<I>Gyps Fulvus</I>&Rpar; In
j RaptorRes. 39(1):70-74 ¸ 2005 The Raptor ResearchFoundation, Inc. ABSENCEOF THE EURASIANGPdFFON (GYPSFULVU$) IN NORTHERN MOROCCO Jost. R•ArL GARRIDO Departamentode Zoolog[a,C.E.S. Marcdo Spfnola-Universityof Wales,Plaza del Arzobispo1, 41806 Umbrete,Spain ALV)mO C•dvnf4^ • Apartadode Correos339, 28220 Majadahonda,Madrid, Spain MARIANGELA GUINDA AND MAPdA EGEA Departamentode Zoolog[a,C.E.S. Marcelo Spfnola-University of Wales,Plaza del Arzobispo1, 41806 Umbrete,Spain NOURDINE MOUATI Ddpartementde Biologie,Facultd des Sciences, Universitd Abdelmaleh Essaddi BP2121 Tdtouan,Morocco ALFONSOGODINO AND J.L. PAz DE LA ROCHA CalleCristo del Gallo 2, 23400•beda, Jagn, Spain KEYWORDS: EurasianCaiffon; Gyps fulvus; t,'eeding range;, through this countrybefore reachingwintering grounds Morocco;wintering. in the southernSahara. STUDY AREA AND METHODS The Eurasian Griffon (Gypsfulvus) is a Palearctic spe- cies distributed from North Africa, south and southeast- This study was done in northern Morocco, from the ern Europe to the Middle East into southwesternand North Atlantic Coast (60 km north of K•nitra) to the central Asia (Cramp and Simmons,1980, del Hoyo et al. eastern Sahara Desert (Plateau du Rekkam) through the Rif (Ouazzane-Chefchauoen-Ketama-Midar to Oujda) 1994). In the last three decadesthe Spanishpopulation and the Middle Atlas Mountains (from Mekn•s to Taza), has greatly increased (SEO BirdLife 1981, Arroyo et al. and from Guercif into Aln-Benimathar south as far as 1990, del Moral and Martl 2001). Migration of the spe- Bouarfa, near Figuig. The southernmostsurveyed point cies into Africa through the Strait of Gibraltar to Moroc- in central Morocco wasMekn•s. The studyarea is similar co and countries south of Sahara has been studied for a to the Spanish side of the Strait of Gibraltar from the long time (E16seguiand E16segui1977, Bernis 1983, ecological and geological points of view (Vald•s 1991) Alonso 1984, Griesinger 1998).
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