Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) - HBW 2, p. 128
French: Vautour moine
German: Mönchsgeier
Spanish: Buitre Negro
Other common names: Cinereous Vulture, (European) Black Vulture(!)
Taxonomy: Vultur Monachus Linnaeus, 1766, Arabia.
Sometimes considered to be congeneric with genera Torgos, Sarcogyps and Trigonoceps. Possible races chincou/chinou of China and danieli of Mongolia not generally recognized. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Palearctic, from Spain, Balearic Is and Balkans through Turkey, Caucasus, Iran and Afghanistan to S Siberia, Mongolia, N China and extreme N India. Winters S to Sudan, Middle East, Pakistan, NW India and Korea.
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A bird soaring. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch and flying away Locality Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Stefan Behrens 2002 6 years ago 32 sec 3.8 -
Adult perched in a tree Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 4 March 2009 2 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A close-up of an immature bird sunning and resting. Locality Parc Pairi Daiza (Paradisio), Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 3.7 -
A close view of a perched bird Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 22 May 2009 3 years ago 41 sec 3.7 -
An immature on the ground and flying away in slow motion Locality Cabañeros National Park, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain (Monotypic species)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 16 September 2003 9 years ago 26 sec 3.7
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Flying ringed bird, La Cañada.
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 25 April 2009 4 years ago 4.5 -
Flying partly towards hide
Locality Deleitosa, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 28 August 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
A flying vulture
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 24 September 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
European Black Vulture fledgling many days after taking off nest every night obligatory resting in the nest - rain drops or slee
Locality Altyn-Emel National Park, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Altay Zhatkanbayev 9 October 2011 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
flying
Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Cristiano Crolle 28 December 2012 20 weeks ago 4.3 -
Size difference between a Vulture & Eagle
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 9 December 2011 45 weeks ago 4.3
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