Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
NT
Lammergeier*
Id (Atlas):
Gypaetus barbatus
Description (10 )
Lammergeier
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Other Names (World)
Bearded Vulture, Lammergeier
Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
Size
102 - 125 cm
Wingspan: 231 - 283 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland, temperate grassland. From 1,000 - 7,500 m.
Afghanistan (B) (NB), Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B) (NB), Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B) (NB), Bhutan (B), Bosnia and Herzegovina (E) (B), China (mainland) (B), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (B) (NB), Georgia (B), Greece (B) (NB), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (NB), Israel (NB), Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (E) (B) (NB), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kyrgyzstan (B), Lesotho, Liechtenstein (E) (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Mongolia (B), Montenegro (E) (B), Morocco, Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Palestinian Authority Territories (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Russia (European) (B) (NB), Saudi Arabia (B) (NB), Serbia (E) (B), South Africa, Spain (B) (NB), Sudan (B), Tajikistan (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Turkey (B) (NB), Turkmenistan (B), Uganda, Uzbekistan (B), Yemen (B).
Vagrant to Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Germany, Lebanon, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, North Korea, Portugal, Romania, Somalia, Syrian Arab Republic, Zimbabwe.
Population
Estimated population is 2,000 - 10,000 (2010).
Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)... )
Listen to XC191640
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus ) [XC191640 ]
by Jordi Calvet from Bei Zha Forest Reserve, Qinghai, China (begging call)
Listen to XC643052
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus ) [XC643052 ]
by Eduardo Realinho from Sobrarbe (near Pu\u00e9rtolas), Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (call, flight call, wingbeat)
Subspecies
Doubtful affinities. Usually considered closest to Neophron . Possible subspecies aureus and hemachalanus doubtfully distinct.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - North-western Africa and south-western Europe through Turkey, Egypt, Middle East, Iran and Afghanistan to Mongolia and central and north-eastern China.
meridionalis Keyserling & Blasius, JH, 1840 - South-western Arabia and very locally in eastern and southern Africa.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Lammergeier see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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