Himalayan Griffon Vulture 喜馬拉雅兀鷲 : Head-on . . .
The Himalayan Griffon, Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus.
Adults average 106 cm (42 inches) in length and 272 cm (108 inches) across the wings; they weigh 9.7 kg (21.4 lbs). They are the second largest Old World vulture, behind only the Eurasian Black Vulture in size.
It breeds on crags in mountains in the Himalayas and Tibet, laying a single egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident. Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals, which it finds by soaring over open areas and mountains. These birds often move in flocks.
Captured this one at Sky Mountain, Wulumuqi, China. It was a very brief encounter and I only managed to capture two useful ones.
攝於烏魯木齊天山天池馬雅山觀景台
Himalayan Griffon Vulture 喜馬拉雅兀鷲 : Head-on . . .
The Himalayan Griffon, Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus.
Adults average 106 cm (42 inches) in length and 272 cm (108 inches) across the wings; they weigh 9.7 kg (21.4 lbs). They are the second largest Old World vulture, behind only the Eurasian Black Vulture in size.
It breeds on crags in mountains in the Himalayas and Tibet, laying a single egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident. Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of animals, which it finds by soaring over open areas and mountains. These birds often move in flocks.
Captured this one at Sky Mountain, Wulumuqi, China. It was a very brief encounter and I only managed to capture two useful ones.
攝於烏魯木齊天山天池馬雅山觀景台