Number: The number of black vultures in Kazakhstan was estimated at 250 pairs or slightly less more than 20 years ago, but there is currently insufficient data to estimate the current number. The world population of the species is 8.4-11.4 thousand pairs, which is equivalent to 16.8-22.8 thousand mature individuals. There are probably 5.5-8 thousand pairs nesting in Asia.
Status. A rare and endangered species. II-category. A vulnerable species, the number is decreasing.
Distribution: In Kazakhstan, the black vulture breeds in mountainous areas from Kazgurt and Karatau in the south to Altai in the north, including the Tien Shan, Chu-Ili Mountains, Karatau and Zhetysu Alatau. Breeding sites are known in the Ustyurt Nature Reserve and Buiratau National Park. It is widely found on nomads: in Naurzum, Tengiz-Kurgaldzhinsky depression, Pavlodar Irtysh region, Altai, Tarbagatai and other areas. It is rare in winter: it was observed near Ust-Kamenogorsk, in Terskei Alatau, on the Almaty - Bakanas road and on the Shardara reservoir.
