Stats

Lifespan

20-45 yrs

Size

Huge

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Alpine mountains

Range

Eurasia and Africa

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Flight

Status

Near Threatened

About

The bearded vulture, also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70–90% bone.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   One or two eggs are incubated on a high stick nest or cliff ledge, guarded closely by the pair.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A downy hatchling is fed torn meat by its parents and grows quickly in a high nest.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to soar and to make its first kills.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, hunting on its own with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Accipitriformes

Family

Accipitridae

Genus

Gypaetus

Species

Gypaetus barbatus