Bearded Vulture
BIRDING ARAGÓNBearded Vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
ES: Quebrantahuesos
Description
L:100-120cm; W:240-290cm;
Unmistakable for its large size and color. Adult with creamy head and neck, with a black spot from the eye to the base of the bill, elongating into a kind of mustache; dark upperparts with thin light stripes; ocher underparts, yellow eye with red ring. Uniform dark brown juveniles, with light stripes on wings and back.
- Observation difficulty: Medium
- Status: Resident.
- Optimal Season:Dec-Jan
- Conservation Status: In danger of extinction
- Hábitat: High mountain
Special interest
Best places to see in Aragón
PROVINCES
Huesca
REGIONS
La Jacetania; Sobrarbe; Ribagorza; Hoya de Huesca; Somontano
Special Protected Areas (SPA)
SIERRA Y CAÑONES DE GUARA. ORDESA Y MONTE PERDIDO. LOS VALLES. POSETS – MALADETA. COLLARADA – IBÓN DE IP. VIÑAMALA. ALTO CINCA. COTIELLA – SIERRA FERRERA. EL TURBÓN Y SIERRA DE SÍS. SALVATIERRA – FOZES DE FAGO Y BINIÉS. SAN JUAN DE LA PEÑA Y PEÑA OROEL. SIERRA DE CANCIÁS – SILVES. SIERRAS DE SANTO DOMINGO Y CABALLERA Y RÍO ONSELLA. SIERRA DE MONGAY. SIERRA DE MONCAYO – LOS FAYOS – SIERRA DE ARMAS
