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bearded vulture, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
Subject: bearded vulture, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
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Gypaëtus barbatus - 1810 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18100019.jpg
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bearded vulture, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)


Gypaëtus barbatus
Date 1810
Source/Photographer Blumenbach, Abbildungen naturhistorischer Gegenstände, pl. 85
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gypa%C3%ABtus_barbatus_-_1810_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100019.tif

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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