Aegypius-monachus
Aegypius monachus holm oak woodlandpseudo-stepperocks and outcropsdiurnalcritically endangered
Black Vulture

 

ORDER: Falconiformes
FAMILY: Accipitridae
SIZE: +++++

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

OCCURRENCE: breeding resident.
CHARACTERISTICS: plumage uniformly dark, almost black; long neck; short curved beak; whitish legs.
FOOD: carcasses, especially of mammals.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: scavenger; usually forms groups of two or more, although they may join flocks of griffons.

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Species from the same group