Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Black Vulture, Monk Vulture

Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
(aka Black Vulture, Monk Vulture)

Cinereous Vulture, Monfrague NP, Spain, March 2017 - click for larger image

Monfragüe N.P., Spain
March 2017

The Cinereous Vulture is distributed in south Europe and central and southern Asia as far as north China, Mongolia and Manchuria. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in open areas in hills and mountains where it feeds mainly on carrion.

Classified as Near Threatened, the population in Asia is in decline although the Spanish population has increased in recent years.

It is the largest Old World Vulture with a massive bill and blue-grey bare skin on the head.

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