#0839 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Griffon

🇳🇱 Vale Gier ·Gyps fulvus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gökçe Coşkun · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cloudtail the Snow Leopard · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © PJeganathan · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Uday Agashe · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Вых Пыхманн · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Philippe Macquet · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © pedrosanz-anapri · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Clara Herranz · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The griffon vulture ( Gyps fulvus ) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon . It is not to be confused with a different species, Rüppell's griffon vulture ( Gyps rueppellii ). It is closely related to the white-backed vulture ( Gyps africanus ).

base stats

NL sightings 12iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,943iNaturalist observations
weight 8.3 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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).