Bearded Vulture
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| Bearded Vulture | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Falconiformes (or Accipitriformes, q.v.) |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
| Genus: | Gypaetus Storr, 1784 |
| Species: | G. barbatus |
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| Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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The Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, 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, its closest living relative. They are not much more closely related to the Old World vultures proper than to, for example and differ from the former by their feathered neck.
