Eurasian griffon vulture

Gyps fulvus · Accipitridae

The Eurasian griffon vulture is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon or griffon vulture, although the latter term is sometimes used for the genus Gyps as a whole.

Where the Eurasian griffon vulture lives

Recorded in Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, France, Turkey, Portugal, Serbia and North Macedonia (Europe and Asia).

Most records fall in Cáceres, Huesca, Madrid, Cádiz, Málaga and Drôme.

See the Eurasian griffon vulture’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,598,440 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.