Last among the birds of prey: the Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
There are 25 species of raptors including lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus and four other vultures. From Wordnik.com. [Simen National Park, Ethiopia] Reference
Endangered fauna includes the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and the lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus). From Wordnik.com. [Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests] Reference
The ecoregion also contains the last stronghold of the lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus) in southern Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests] Reference
A very highly endangered raptor is the lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), of which some forty pairs are still found in the Pyrenees. From Wordnik.com. [Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests] Reference
Gyps fulvus, bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), Yemen linnet (Carduelis yemenensis), Yemen thrush (Turdus menachensis), and African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) are all resident in the high escarpments of the Asir Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands] Reference
Although 179 highland bird species have been recorded for the mountain, species recorded in the upper zones are few in number, although they include occasional lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus, mainly on the Shira ridge, hill chat Cercomela sordida, Hunter's cisticola Cisticola hunteri, and scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni. From Wordnik.com. [Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania] Reference
I thought so too Dan, Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), whose range in southern Africa is restricted to the Maluti-Drakensberg mountains in South Africa and Lesotho is classified as Endangered and continues to decline in numbers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Avian predators such as the lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis), black eagle (Ictinaetus malayensis), and northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) soar high among the peaks searching for colonial marmots (Marmota himalayana), which build extensive burrows in which they gain refuge. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows] Reference
Other birds that are typical of these high-altitude ecosystems and can be used as focal species for conservation management planning include the blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), western tragopan (Tragopan melanoephalus), Satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra), and Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), which inhabit the shrubby ground cover, and the large avian predators, lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis). From Wordnik.com. [Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows] Reference
This behaviour has been mentioned for some other raptors – Lammergeiers Gypaetus barbatus are said to do it to ibex and chamois – but I didn’t know Golden eagles did it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
The high mountains are one of the last strongholds of the endangered Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus). From Wordnik.com. [Crete Mediterranean forests] Reference
The island also support a number of rare and endangered birds such as the Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus). From Wordnik.com. [Crete Mediterranean forests] Reference
An ossifrage is a lammergeier or bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus (note the "ae" dipthong) http: / / en. wikipedia.org / wiki / Ossifrage. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Ubuntu] Reference
The diverse list of the Gissaro-Alai birds of prey includes vultures (Aegypius monachus, Neophron percnopterus), Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), eagles (Haliaetus leucoryphus, Aquila chrysaetоs, A. heliaca, Hieraetus fasciatus), buzzards (Buteo rufinus), hawks (Accipiter nisus), eagle owl (Bubo bubo), small owls. From Wordnik.com. [Gissaro-Alai open woodlands] Reference
Birds include lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus, golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, European kestrel Falco tinnunculus, black grouse Tetrao tetrix, hazel grouse Bonasa bonasia, chukar Alectoris graeca, rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus, Tengmalm's owl Aegolius funereus and pygmy owl Glaucidium passerinum, black woodpecker Dryocopus martius, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, green woodpecker Picus viridis, yellow-billed chough Pyrrhocorax graculus, red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, European nutcracker Nucifraga caryacatactes, wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria, rock thrush, Monticolla saxatilis and snow finch Montifrigilla nivalis. From Wordnik.com. [Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland] Reference
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