Bearded Vulture
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Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Wadden Sea National Park
2 Verified records at Wadden Sea National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the lammergeier and ossifrage, is a very large bird of prey in the monotypic genus Gypaetus. The bearded vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70–90% bone. Traditionally considered an Old World vulture, it actually forms a separate 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 tail—unusual among birds of prey. It is vernacularly known as Homa, a bird in Iranian mythology. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Wadden Sea National Park

Common Buzzard
LC Endemic

Common Buzzard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buteo buteo

30–40% · Possible
Western Marsh-Harrier
LC

Western Marsh-Harrier

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Circus aeruginosus

20–30% · Possible
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
LC

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Accipiter nisus

10–20% · With luck
White-tailed Eagle
LC

White-tailed Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Haliaeetus albicilla

10–20% · With luck
Hen Harrier
LC

Hen Harrier

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Circus cyaneus

10–20% · With luck
Red Kite
LC

Red Kite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Milvus milvus

<5% · Rare
Montagu's Harrier
LC

Montagu's Harrier

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Circus pygargus

<5% · Rare
European Honey-buzzard
LC

European Honey-buzzard

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pernis apivorus

<5% · Rare
Rough-legged Hawk
LC

Rough-legged Hawk

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Buteo lagopus

<5% · Rare
Pale Harrier
NT

Pale Harrier

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Circus macrourus

<5% · Rare
Black Kite
LC

Black Kite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Milvus migrans

<5% · Rare
Short-toed Eagle
LC

Short-toed Eagle

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Circaetus gallicus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bearded Vulture at Wadden Sea National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
2 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
3 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
4 Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park 🇲🇳 Mongolia
10–20%
5 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
6 Langtang National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
10–20%
7 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
8 Hemis National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
9 Jiuzhaigou National Park 🇨🇳 China
5–10%
10 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
<5%
11 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
12 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
13 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
14 Bale Mountains National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
15 Khangchendzonga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
16 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
17 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
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