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Aegypius monachus, Catalan Pyrenees, Spain S4E7659 (25191007486)🦅

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SpeciesAccipitriformesAccipitridae
Birds

🦅Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766)

독수리(禿-, Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian black vulture, monk vulture)는 수리과의 새로, 몸길이는 102-112cm이며, 날개를 편 길이는 234-310cm, 꼬리길이는 29 ~ 41.2cm이다. 몸무게는 6.8 ~ 14kg이다. 온몸이 암갈색을 띠며, 이마에서 머리에는 엷은 암갈색의 부드럽고 짧은 깃털이 있다. 목덜미와 뒷머리 부분은 깃털이 없이 피부가 드러나 있으며 부리는 매우 크고 검은색이다. 대부분 혼자 또는 쌍을 지어 생활하나 겨울에는 5-6마리의 작은 무리를 이루기도 한다. 날 때에는 폭이 넓고 긴 양날개를 일직선으로 뻗은 상태로 상승 기류를 이용하여 날아오른다.

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Also called
Black Vulture, Eurasian Black Vulture
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
9.32 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
39 years
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Everything we know about the Cinereous Vulture

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
9.32 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 9.63 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.37 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.73 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.09 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.13 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
39 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Scavenger
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Forest
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
9.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Cinereous Vulture yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderAccipitriformes
  5. ›familyAccipitridae
  6. ›genusAegypius
  7. ›speciesAegypius monachus
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  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
  3. familyAccipitridae
  4. genusAegypius
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
  11. familyAccipitridae
  12. genusAegypius
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Closest relative on this site
🐦 Griffon Vulture — last shared an ancestor ≈ 16 million years ago.
In other languages
Mönchsgeier (de), 禿鷲 (zh), voltor negre (ca), sup hnědý (cs), Munkegrib (da), Aegypius monachus (es) … and 27 more languages
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