Burung nasar dan kondor (Vultures & Condors)
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Soars in committees over Spanish gorges, riding thermals for hours without a wingbeat. Effortless courier.
- Populasi
- Regionally, Spain alone holds >90% of Europe's population (~30,946 breeding pairs, 2018 count); overall European trend is increasing/rebounding.
- Habitat
- Rocky, mountainous terrain with cliffs, caves, and sheltered ledges for nesting/roosting; forages over open plains, grasslands, and savanna-like landscapes
- Fakta menarik
- A wild griffon vulture lived at least 37 years, and a captive individual is recorded at 41.4 years old — exceptional longevity even among long-lived Old World vultures.
- Sebaran
- Resident and breeding across southern Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Alps, Balkans), North Africa (Atlas Mountains), and through the Middle East and Asia (Anatolia, Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, Iranian plateau, Tian Shan, Altai Mountains) into parts of the Indian subcontinent
- Makanan
- Obligate scavenger, feeding almost exclusively on carrion of large mammals (dead livestock and wild ungulates); occasionally takes weak or injured live animals when carrion is scarce
- Ukuran
- 1,07 m
- Bentang sayap
- 2,55 m
- Masa hidup
- 20 tahun
