Gypaëtus barbatus - Gypaete Barbu
From the Falconidae family, it is a large hawk-like vulture.
Its feathered head is light, almost white and dotted with small black features.
It has a wide black band, across the eye, ending in front with a tuft of feathers (called a beard) covering part of the beak.
The wings, dark gray in color, are long and tapered.
The tail is dark and wedge-shaped.
The underside is creamy white to whitish with rufous on the throat and breast.
The top is dark.
It nests on rock walls.
The nest is very thickly lined with hair, wool, ropes and rags.
Laying is most often 2 eggs and incubation lasts around 55 days.
The bearded vulture was widely distributed in the last century throughout the Maghreb.
But it has become increasingly rare since the beginning of our century.
It is found only at certain points in the Tell Atlas.
It is very rare in the Saharan Atlas.
It is a species that is currently endangered.
The number of couples in Algeria is probably less than ten.
Its feathered head is light, almost white and dotted with small black features.
It has a wide black band, across the eye, ending in front with a tuft of feathers (called a beard) covering part of the beak.
The wings, dark gray in color, are long and tapered.
The tail is dark and wedge-shaped.
The underside is creamy white to whitish with rufous on the throat and breast.
The top is dark.
It nests on rock walls.
The nest is very thickly lined with hair, wool, ropes and rags.
Laying is most often 2 eggs and incubation lasts around 55 days.
The bearded vulture was widely distributed in the last century throughout the Maghreb.
But it has become increasingly rare since the beginning of our century.
It is found only at certain points in the Tell Atlas.
It is very rare in the Saharan Atlas.
It is a species that is currently endangered.
The number of couples in Algeria is probably less than ten.