Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) - HBW 2, p. 125
French: Gypaète barbu
German: Bartgeier
Spanish: Quebrantahuesos
Other common names: Lammergeier
Taxonomy: Vultur barbatus Linnaeus, 1758, Santa Cruz, near Oran, Algeria.
Monotypic genus, with doubtful affinities; usually considered closest to Neophron. Possible races aureus and hemachalanus doubtfully distinct. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - NW Africa and SW Europe through Turkey, Egypt, Middle East, Iran and Afghanistan to Mongolia and C & NE China.
- meridionalis Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1840 - SW Arabia and very locally in E & S Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two immatures (1 year and 7 months) near a carrion, and an immature catching a bone and flying away Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 16 November 2004 8 years ago 38 sec 4.7 -
An adult and two juveniles showing social behaviour in flight Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 1 min 2 sec 4.5 -
An adult (7+ years) perched on a rock Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 21 November 2004 8 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
A pair copulating Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 4 January 2005 8 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
An immature (2 years and 7 months) on the ground and flying away Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
Two adults (7+ years) on rocks Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 21 November 2004 8 years ago 39 sec 4.1 -
A subadult (5 years and 7 months) on a rock and flying away Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 21 November 2004 8 years ago 29 sec 4 -
Lammergeier soaring at eye level Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Christina Havard 11 February 2008 3 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A juvenile (7 months) feeding on carrion Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 34 sec 4 -
Two juveniles (7 months) feeding on carrion Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 39 sec 4 -
An adult bird circling overhead Locality Debre Libanos, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp meridionalis)
Keith Blomerley 6 April 2002 5 years ago 26 sec 3.9 -
An adult and an immature flying Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 1 min 6 sec 3.9 -
An adult and an immature (3 years) flying Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 38 sec 3.9 -
An adult individual laying at the edge of a cliff Locality Medeo, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp barbatus)
Askar Isabekov 24 November 2006 5 years ago 17 sec 3.8 -
An adult flying Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 8 November 2004 8 years ago 11 sec 3.7 -
An adult (7+ years) near a carrion Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 28 November 2004 8 years ago 33 sec 3.6 -
A below sight of a bird soaring Locality Nangqian Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp barbatus)
John Gregory 1 August 2002 5 years ago 25 sec 3.5 -
An adult bird in flight Locality Kandashan Pass, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp barbatus)
John Gregory 4 August 2002 5 years ago 34 sec 3.4 -
An adult flying Locality Sierra de Guara, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp barbatus)
Luis Lorente 25 January 2005 8 years ago 11 sec 3.3 -
A close-up of an adult. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 37 sec 3 -
A bird in flight above a town. Locality Goba, Ethiopia (ssp meridionalis)
Josep del Hoyo 8 December 2005 6 years ago 26 sec 3 -
A bird flying Locality Zoige (Ruoergai) County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp barbatus)
Josep del Hoyo 18 May 2008 7 years ago 13 sec 3 -
Juvenile Bearded Vulture Locality Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
MarcS 2 April 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 2.8 -
two, then one, soaring high Locality Haut Asco, Corsica Natural Park, Corsica, France (ssp barbatus)
Martin Kennewell 4 June 2005 1 year ago 26 sec 2.5
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