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The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (Spanish: Fundación para la Conservación del Quebrantahuesos), established in Spain in 1995, was created in response to the national population dropping to 30 specimens by the end of the 20th century.
In the main legend, Roland (Spanish: Roldán), the foremost of Charlemagne's paladins, was being hotly pursued by Saracens, the Muslim Arab occupiers of Spain. Cornered at Salto de Roldán, he escaped by leaping on horseback from one of the crags to the other. There are, however, differences in detail.
Griffon vulture beside a white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), showing the difference in size and coloration between the two species. In Cyprus, there was a colony of fewer than 30 Eurasian griffon vultures at Episkopi, in the south of the island in 2006. [11] Griffon vulture in Hai-Bar reserve mount Carmel
There have been witnessed accounts of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) and Spanish imperial eagles (Aquila adalberti) attempting to kill nestlings, but in both cases they were chased off by the parents. [22] There is a single case of a Spanish imperial eagle attacking and killing a cinereous vulture in an act of defense of its own nest in ...
The first bearded vulture was born in La Garenne in 1986. One of the females born in La Garenne was released into the wild in 1989. Since then, many birds born in the park have been released in many habitats in Europe. [4] [13] Aged 46 years, the male bearded vulture of La Garenne, Athos, died from an infection, worsened by his old age.
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion. There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors ). [ 2 ] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe , Africa , and Asia ; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family .
Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus (A) Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus; European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus; Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus (A) Rüppell's griffon, Gyps ruepelli (A) Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus; Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus; Lesser spotted eagle, Clanga pomarina (A) Greater spotted eagle, Clanga ...
Other species include the alpine marmot, boar, and the Pyrenean desman or water-mole (Galemys pyrenaicus), as well as raptors like the golden eagle, the bearded vulture, the griffon vulture, hawks, and the Eurasian eagle-owl.