the bearded vulture gypaetus barbatus also known lammergeier lammergeyer ossifrage

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The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage, pair on the hillside Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage on the feeder. Adult bird scavenger on meadow Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage, group of birds on the hillside Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage on the feeder. Two Adult bird scavenger on Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage on the feeder, landing subadult individual Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage flies low over the ground Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or lammergeyer or ossifrage

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage on the feeder on the snow Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage with a large bone in its beak on the hillside Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage on the feeder Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or ossifrage flying with a large bone in the claws Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier[a] or ossifrage, subadult flies with a bone in its talons Royalty Free Stock Photo

The bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus, also known as the lammergeier or lammergeyer or ossifrage, is a bird of prey and the only member of the genus Gypaetus. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a minor lineage of Accipitridae together with the Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus, its closest living relative. It is not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to, for example, hawks, and differs from the former by its feathered neck. Although dissimilar, the Egyptian and bearded vulture each have a lozenge-shaped tailÃ¢â¬âunusual among birds of prey. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists almost exclusively 70 to 90 percent of bone. It lives and breeds on crags in high mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet, laying one or two eggs in mid-winter that hatch at the beginning of spring. Populations are resident. The population of this species continues to decline. Until July 2014, it was classified by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as being of Least Concern; it has, however, since been reassessed as Near Threatened.