Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783)

93–122 cmLength259 cmWingspan7.4 kgWeight

This large vulture has a pale yellowish-brown body, dark flight feathers, a white head and a white collar.

Busiest months: April and September · Most records: Spain, Portugal, India

Looks like White-rumped Vulture

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Body and wing coverts pale yellowish-brown, flight feathers dark
Head white
White feather ruff around base of neck
Bill yellow

Similar species

White-rumped Vulture

Griffon Vulture is much larger; adult White-rumped Vulture has a whitish back, rump and underwing coverts.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: April and September · Most records: Spain, Portugal, India

Griffon Vulture has been recorded at 381 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 53 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Monfragüe PN – Peña Falcón/Salto del GitanoSpain3,265 records
Hoces Ebro Rudrón PNat – Molino del CantoSpain2,688 records
Observatorio de CazallaSpain2,384 records

More places

Monfragüe PN – Portilla del TiétarSpain2,277 records
Casares – CastilloSpain1,659 records
Algeciras – Observatorio de AlgarroboSpain1,613 records
Hoces Ebro Rudrón PNat – Zamanzas-Los AltosSpain1,516 records
La Janda – ÁreaSpain1,197 records
Txingudi – PlaiaundiSpain1,166 records
Monfragüe PNSpain1,105 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Spain Portugal India Türkiye Bulgaria Georgia Azerbaijan France

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon or griffon vulture, although the latter term is sometimes used for the genus Gyps as a whole.

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Questions

How big is the Griffon Vulture?

The Griffon Vulture is about 93–122 cm long, with a wingspan of 259 cm and weighs around 7.4 kg.

Where does the Griffon Vulture live?

Its breeding range: Africa, Palearctic: northern Africa, southwestern Palearctic, also northern India. It is most often recorded in Spain, Portugal and India.