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Gyps fulvus
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).