NOUN
- the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill
How To Use bearded vulture In A Sentence
- Although bearded vultures were nearly eliminated from Europe and northern Africa, they continued to inhabit their range in Asia in good numbers.
- The site has a rich marine fauna and is a key site for species such as osprey and bearded vultures. Scandola Nature Reserve & Capes Girolata and Porto, France
- Although many citizens have taken a keen interest in the bearded vulture's recovery, old prejudices about the bird die hard.
- One of four species of vulture found in Europe, bearded vultures earned their name from a small tuft of dark feathers below their beaks.
- News of the vulture poisonings has coincided with the release of an alarming report on a suspected decline in numbers of South Africa's rare bearded vulture, also known as lammergeyer.
- Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights.
- The sites are natural bearded vulture habitat: high, rocky cliffs where the birds nest and roost, above open valleys populated with wild grazing animals such as chamois, red deer or ibexes.
