Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier - feeding on carcass (Gypaetus barbatus). Spain. 10 foot maximum wing-span. Only bone-eating specialist bird in the world - Found in Spain, France, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Africa. Rare and declining in many areas. Recently reintroduced in the Alps. Adults feed on the bones of carcusses which they will often drop on flat rocks from the air to break them into smaller more easily swallowed pieces. Primarily high mountain dwellers, nests in caves and remote rocky cliffs
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Image Number: 4220-20061253Rights ManagedCredit Line:John CancalosiPan/Mary Evans Picture Library/Pantheon/SuperStockCollection:Mary Evans Picture Library Contributor:John CancalosiPan Model Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:4032×5960
