enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Eurasian griffon vulture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_griffon_vulture

    The griffon vulture is 93–122 cm (37–48 in) long with a 2.3–2.8 m (7 ft 7 in – 9 ft 2 in) wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh 6.2 to 10.5 kg (14 to 23 lb) and females typically weigh 6.5 to 10.5 kg (14 to 23 lb), while in the Indian subspecies (G. f. fulvescens), the vultures average 7.1 kg (16 lb).

  3. Gyps - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyps

    Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures that was proposed by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809. Its members are sometimes known as griffon vultures. Gyps vultures have a slim head, a long slender neck with downy feathers, and a ruff around the neck formed by long buoyant feathers. The crown of their big beaks is a little compressed, and their ...

  4. Rüppell's vulture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rüppell's_vulture

    Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli), also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large bird of prey, mainly native to the Sahel region and East Africa. The former population of 22,000 has been decreasing due to loss of habitat, incidental poisoning, and other factors. [ 3 ]

  5. Spanish griffon vultures are released into the wild in Cyprus ...

    www.aol.com/spanish-griffon-vultures-released...

    Wildlife authorities and conservationists in Cyprus on Friday released seven imported griffon vultures to the wild after implanting tracking devices in hopes of ensuring the survival of the birds ...

  6. Uvac Special Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvac_Special_Nature_Reserve

    The griffon vultures from Uvac roam all over the Europe and Middle East. Birds tagged in Uvac have been spotted in 18 countries, ranging from Spain on the west to Yemen, 4,000 km (2,500 mi) on the southeast. Seven birds have been detected in 2,000 km (1,200 mi) away Israel which later returned to Uvac. For example, a female named Sara, which ...

  7. List of Accipitriformes species - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Accipitriformes...

    Indian vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) 43 Slender-billed vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps tenuirostris Gray, GR, 1844: 44 Rüppell's vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, AE, 1852) 45 Himalayan vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869: 46 Griffon vulture: Accipitridae: Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) 47 Cape ...

  8. Vulture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture

    A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.

  9. They Sued the Air Force and Won. Now These Chimps Get a ...

    www.aol.com/sued-air-force-won-now-161142070.html

    The Ohio Four: Cash, Lucy, Anna, and April. Rescued from a roadside zoo that doubled as entertainment for an Airbnb, Cash, Lucy, Anna, and April arrived malnourished and pale from lack of sunlight.