bearded vulture, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)

Query: Birds of prey

Result: 240^th of 1659

Subject:	bearded vulture, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
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Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Charles Robert Bree, 1811-1886; Benjamin Fawcett, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_history_of_the_birds_of_Europe,_not_observed_in_the_British_Isles_(1859)_(14565028589).jpg

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known animal whose diet is almost exclusively bone. The bearded vulture is found in mountainous regions from Europe through much of Asia and Africa.

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