The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) AKA Eurasian black vulture one of the worlds' largest flying birds, contending for the title with the Andean

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The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) AKA Eurasian black vulture one of the worlds' largest flying birds, contending for the title with the Andean condor. They range over a wide variety of habitats from Spain to China and are almost exclusively scavengers of dead animals. With a wing span of meters and an average weight of over 8 kilos these are truly impressive raptors. Photographed in Pyrenees mountains, Spain.

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Size: 8640px × 5760px
Location: Spain
Photo credit: © Eyal Bartov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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