#0957 · 🐦 birds

Cinereous Vulture

🇳🇱 Monniksgier ·Aegypius monachus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © rociomar · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Philippe Macquet · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Rino Di Noto · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Attila Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ricardo Rodero Henández · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Attila Steiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Adrien Tran Lu Y · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © pedrosanz-anapri · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus ) is a large raptorial bird that is distributed through much of Eurasia. It is also known as the black vulture , monk vulture , or Eurasian black vulture . It is a member of the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers. 2 m long (almost 4...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,899iNaturalist observations
weight 243 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).