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Griffon Vulture

Birds of Prey

Photo: (c) Mourad Harzallah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Gyps fulvus

Basic stats

Diet

Carrion

Habitat

Open habitat; mountainous areas

Size

93–122cm; wingspan 2.3–2.8m

The Eurasian griffon vulture is a large Old World vulture, 93–122 cm long with a wingspan of 2.3–2.8 m. It looks like a typical Old World vulture, with a white head, broad wings, short tail feathers, a white neck ruff and a yellow bill (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is mostly about European birds: the Spanish population is over 90% of the European total, with about 31,000 breeding pairs in 2018, and on Crete birds live in mountainous areas, sometimes in groups of up to 20 (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What does the Griffon Vulture eat?
Carrion
What habitat does the Griffon Vulture live in?
Open habitat; mountainous areas
How big is the Griffon Vulture?
93–122cm; wingspan 2.3–2.8m
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