Cinereous vulture: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the cinereous vulture lives – recorded in 23 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Aegypius monachus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	23 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Mass	243 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the cinereous vulture live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cinereous vulture in 23 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In France it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a cinereous vulture?

Wikidata records the following for the cinereous vulture: mass 243 g (birth weight).

Is the cinereous vulture endangered?

The cinereous vulture’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cinereous vulture?

The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Aegypius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cinereous vulture

The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture, is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia. With a body length of 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), 3.1 m (10 ft) across the wings and a maximum weight of 12.5 kg (28 lb), it is the largest Old World vulture and largest member of the family Accipitridae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cinereous vulture (revision 1381015170), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q168677 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).