buitre leonado
Gyps fulvus
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El buitre leonado es una de las aves voladoras más grandes de Europa y un carroñero fundamental en los ecosistemas mediterráneos. Estas aves sociales anidan en grandes colonias sobre acantilados y pueden planear durante horas aprovechando las térmicas sin apenas batir las alas. Las poblaciones de buitres sufrieron una crisis por el fármaco veterinario diclofenaco, que resultó letal al consumirse a través de cadáveres contaminados.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Body Length | 100,0 cm | 39.4 in |
| Envergadura | 260,0 cm | 102.4 in |
| Peso | 8500,0 g | 299.83 oz |
Identificación
Plumaje
Tawny-brown body with darker flight feathers. White neck ruff and bare greyish head. Long broad wings held flat when soaring.
Pico
Hooked yellowish bill adapted for tearing carrion
Habitat & Range
Mountains, cliffs, and open grasslands. Nests on cliff ledges in colonies. Requires thermals for soaring flight.
Distribución geográfica
Southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Resident in most of its range.
Diet & Feeding
Exclusively carrion, primarily large mammal carcasses. Feeds communally, with groups of vultures able to strip a carcass in minutes.
Estado de conservación
Comportamiento y reproducción
Nidificación
Nest type: O,PL. Incubation: 49-65 days. Fledging: 97-136 days.
Tamaño de la puesta
1
Sonido
Canto
Generally silent; hisses and grunts at carrion with other vultures. Gives low croaking 'arrr' near nest. At colonies produces cackling and grunting — not melodic vocalizations.
Taxonomía
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Orden | Accipitriformes (Águilas y Gavilanes) |
| Familia | Accipitridae (Águilas, Gavilanes y Milanos) |
| Genus | Gyps |
| Especies | Gyps fulvus |
Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | نسر أسمر |
| Chinese | 兀鹫 |
| French | vautour fauve |
| German | Gänsegeier |
| Indonesian | Hering griffon |
| Japanese | シロエリハゲワシ |
| Korean | 그리폰독수리 |
| Portuguese | Abutre-fouveiro |
| Russian | Белоголовый сип |
| Spanish | buitre leonado |
| Turkish | Kızıl akbaba |
Distribution
buitre leonado has been recorded in 10 countries.
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