Himalayan vulture
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The Himalayan vulture or Himalayan griffon vulture is an Old World vulture native to the Himalayas and foothills in North and Northeastern India, as well as the adjacent Tibetan Plateau. After the cin
Himalayan Griffon
Adult spotted in Dhauladhar range
Juvenile in flight
Himalayan griffons in Spiti
Bearded vulture
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The bearded vulture, also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of
Himalayan vulture
…not generally get as massive as the nest of other large accipitrids. There is at least one recorded instance of Himalayan vultures using a nest made by bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus). On the Tibetan Plateau, Himalayan and bearded vultures were observed nesting in close proximity without conflict, which is notable…
010e Wild Bearded Vulture in flight at Pfyn Finges Photo by Giles Laurent
Front view of head, at the Mykolaiv Zoo in Ukraine
Skeleton, at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa
Bearded vulture in the Pyrenees, Spain