#griffon vultures

[great-and-small]

Hands down my fave thing about hurricane season is when zoos put their birds in the bathroom to protect them from the wind and we get images like this

Photo from St Augustine Alligator Farm

[corvidaemnit]

vulture fancam yaaay:3

you can also find it on my tiktok here if you want!

[shardbatte]

turkey mode

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[birds--daily]

day 13

today's bird is the himalayan griffon vulture!

request from @squidthemayo !!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A griffon vulture that was found injured and fatigued is treated at a rehabilitation centre in Van, Turkey. It was determined that the vulture’s exhaustion was a result of hunger. After its treatment, the bird was to be released back into its natural habitat

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

[dsamuelsonart]

Night of the vulture Black conte crayon, white gouache, and clear acrylic medium

[pleistocene-pride]

Rüppell's vulture also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large bird of prey in the genus Gyps which is native throughout the sahel and eastern Africa including the countries of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, The Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Here they tend to inhabit grasslands, mountains, and open woodland. Rüppell's vultures are diurnal and very social birds, roosting, nesting, and feeding in large flocks. They spend much of their time flying at great altitudes, using strong winds and thermals to efficiently soar they are known to regular cruise at upwards of 20,000ft (6,000m) above the ground with some known to go as high as 37,000ft (11,300m) making them the highest flying bird. These vultures locate food by sight only, and often follow herds of animals. Once they find a carcass they swoop down, land a little way off, then bound forward with wings spread and their long neck outstretched. Even amongst old world vultures, Rüppell's vultures are specialized feeders with a spiked tongue and strong beak they can strip flesh with ease, and feed upon pelts, hides, and even the bones themselves.  Reaching around 33 to 41in (85 -103cms) long, 14 – 20lbs in weight, with a 7.5-8.6ft (2.26 -2.6m) wingspan. They are one of the largest vultures in Africa, both sexes sport mottled brown or black feathering overall with a whitish-brown underbelly and thin, dirty-white fluff covering the head and neck. The base of the neck has a white collar, the eye is yellow or amber, the crop patch deep brown. The head does not have feathers. This species of vulture is considered to be monogamous, forming lifelong breeding pairs. They nest on cliffs in colonies up to a 1,000 strong. After courtship a pair will work together to build a nest using sticks, grass, and leaves that they have gathered or stolen from other nests, here the mother will lay 1 egg. Both parents share in incubation of their egg over a period of 55 days. Once the chick hatches, both parents will feed and tend to it for about 150 days when it fledges. Young remain dependent on their parents after fledging, not reaching independence until the next breeding season. Under ideal conditions a ruppells vulture may live up to 50 years.

[birds-of-prey-daily]

Cape Griffon Vulture

[blogbirdfeather]

Griffon Vulture - Grifo (Gyps fulvus)

Freixo de Espada à Cinta/Portugal (5/06/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 400 ISO]

[signalstatic]

another new fursona. his name is Viceroy <3

[julianhuxley]

Griffon Vulture, the patriarch of the Zoo, where it has lived for over 30 years.

Source: Photograph by P.G. Luck in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).

[shardbatte]

doodle of my sona as a cinereous/griffon vulture hybrid....griffin..thing?? idk they're so goofy, couldn't help it.

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[scavengerflight]

I have no idea what to do on here or how to use Tumblr, so here's some vulture art :)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A griffon vulture flies off after being released from the Wild Animal Protection Centre at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey, where it was being treated for an injury. This is a Eurasian vulture, but London Zoo has fascinating footage of a related species, the Rüppell’s griffon vulture, hatching last March

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images

[justyourlocalplaguedoctor]

Hey! Hey look at this! Vultures eat dead bodies so you don't have to! Go support vultures! They're beautiful animals and important to the environment! They help slow the spread of diseases, and keep the environment clean. Without scavengers like them, the natural world would be littered with diseased and rotting animals. Below are links to several organizations where you can donate to conserve their populations, as well as several pictures and facts about some of the endangered vultures of our world.

Pretty vultures for you!

Bearded vulture:

Near threatened worldwide, but endangered in europe! They cover themselves in red and orange pigment to show status, and thrive in the desert! Their diets are 80% bones, which most scavengers either can't digest, or simply avoid.

Egyptian vultures:

Also known as the white scavenger or the pharaohs chicken, the endangered egyptian vultures are native to egypt (no surprises there) They were often seen as symbols of purity and motherhood!

Cinereous Vultures

Look. at. them. Endangered, with a decreasing population! These birds are large. seriously, big boys. They can be brown and white, and are also quite floofy! They live in europe and asia, often in mountains!

Himalayan Griffon vultures

With a threatened population, the big birds of the mountains. They live on snowy peaks, and are generally docile.

Cape vultures

These all white birdies typically forage in groups, and live in southern africa. They're also at risk, due to lack of food and getting poisoned.

White backed vultures

Another endangered vulture, they often live in desert climates and can have up to 6 foot wingspans.

These are not the only endangered vultures! There are many more, listed in the article below.