The Egyptian Vulture is, by appearance, a small, slender and scruffy Old World Vulture. Widely distribute across Europe, Asia and Africa. Find infos on breeding, food, mortality and threats. Read more.
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Himalayan Vulture – native to the Asian mountain ranges
The Himalayan Vulture is an Old World Vulture and belongs to the Gyps genus. It is native to central Asian mountain ranges. At a size of 103-110 cm and a huge wingspan of 260-289 cm it is also the largest Gyps vulture existing. Moreover it is even bigger than Griffon Vulture and Monk Vulture. ThisContinue reading “Himalayan Vulture – native to the Asian mountain ranges”
Hooded Vulture – A Bird of the African Continent
The Hooded Vulture is a bird of Africa and a true Old World vulture. Find interesting facts on these birds on distribution, movements, habitat, breeding, food and threats to the species.
The White-tailed Eagle Europe’s largest sea eagle
The huge White-tailed Eagle was close to extinction in the 1980s and has made a remarkable comeback since then. Today the species is no longer endangered and can frequently be watched in the baltics and northern Europe. Read more
The Bald Eagle – The Great Symbol of North America
The Bald Eagle is probably the best known representative of the sea eagles. Because of its unique appearance it is also the symbol of North America. Read more on conservation, distribution and breeding.
African Fish Eagle – The Powerful Voice of Africa
The African Fish Eagle is a noisy bird of prey known as the voice of Africa. Learn about biology, breeding an d distribution
Bearded Vulture – Meeting the Lammergeier at Gemmi Pass
We followed the Bearded Vulture and went to Gemmi Pass in the Swiss Alps. Although late in the year, we were quite lucky to have some eventfull days with plenty of sightings of these beautiful birds.
Gemmi Pass – Astonishing Wild and mountainous nature
The Swiss Alps were beckoning and at least we wanted to see some vultures there before the winter setting in. We chose the Gemmi Pass in the Swiss Canton of Valais, because this spot has quite a reputation as vulture country. Gemmi Pass was a completely new destination to us and we had no ideaContinue reading “Gemmi Pass – Astonishing Wild and mountainous nature”
Griffon Vulture – A Remarkable Return from near Extinction
The Griffon Vulture is one of the four European vulture species and also one of the largest raptores worldwide. Read more on bird facts, conservation and breeding.
Vulture Life – About Feeding and Quality Time
The circle of life with regard to vultures. Or in other words as seen from vulture perspectivs. The basic things in vulture life. You might ask yourself what that might be? Is it about feeding and doing nothing? From human perspective, only few people know anything about vultures at all. Most vultures are quite largeContinue reading “Vulture Life – About Feeding and Quality Time”