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Jun 22 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
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Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is one of the largest Old World vultures and is native to the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau. Its habitat is in the higher regions of the Himalayas and the surround...
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Jun 22 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
499 Views |
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Vultures – Natures Rubbish Collectors who never Strike are part of the Family – Accipitridae and the Order – Accipitriformes Vulture – wikipedia.orgVultures – Nature’s Rubbish Collectors...
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Jun 22 |
Honey-buzzards |
Little Stint |
353 Views |
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Oriental honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) is a medium sized raptor of the Family Accipitridae. Unusually for raptors they feed largely on the larvae and honey of bees and wasps, see video below. They are found across central...
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Jun 20 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
455 Views |
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Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos), is a very large vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is sporadically distributed over much of Africa and the more mountainous regions of southern Arabia. In the AWB Region it occurs...
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Jun 20 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
455 Views |
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Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus), is a very large raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It is found widely dispersed over the mountainous regions of Eurasia, extending from Portugal across southern Europe, the more Temperate...
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Jun 20 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
459 Views |
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Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), is a small vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is a summer breeder across SW Europe and the Maghreb, and also from SE Europe, the Levant, to SW Asia and into India. In winter these...
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Jan 8 |
Vultures |
Little Stint |
1910 Views |
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White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), is a medium sized vulture of the Family Accipitridae. It is native to the Oriental Region, but in the AWB Region it occurs in SE Iran. In India it has recently suffered a catastrophic...
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Jan 8 |
Sparrowhawks |
Little Stint |
1959 Views |
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Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes), is a small hawk of the Family Accipitridae. It is a summer migrant to SE Europe and SW Asia. In the AWB Region it is a summer visitor to Turkey, the S Caucasus, N Iraq and N Iran. It...
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Jan 8 |
Sparrowhawks |
Little Stint |
1882 Views |
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known traditionally as the sparrowhawk, is a small Raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It has a huge range right across Eurasia being resident in Western Europe and a summer migrant in...
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Jan 8 |
Lammergeiers |
Little Stint |
2001 Views |
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Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), also called the Bearded Vulture, is a large raptor of the Family Accipitridae. It is a widely dispersed resident of high mountains across Southern Europe, the Caucasus, Turkey, Africa, SW and...