Cinereous vulture
Aegypius monachus
Near threatenedPhoto: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Birdcarnivore
The black vulture is a massive bird of prey found across much of temperate Eurasia. With a wingspan stretching over 3 meters, it's the biggest vulture in the Old World and the largest member of the hawk and eagle family.
- Wings stretch wider than a car is long when fully spread
- Can weigh as much as a medium-sized dog (up to 14 kg)
- Also called monk vulture due to its dark, hooded appearance
ForestMountainAsiaEurope
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- Classification
- Bird
- Scientific name
- Aegypius monachus
- Habitat
- Forest, Mountain
- Regions in this directory
- Asia, Europe
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- giant
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened (NT)