LAPOBLADESEGUR.CAT

EGYPTIAN VULTURE

EGYPTIAN VULTURE

Scientific name: Neophron percnopterus

Food: Small pieces of meat spread around the dead animal or remains of small vertebrates (reptiles, fish). He also eats invertebrates.

Seasonality: Migrant, present in the Pre-Pyrenees, where it breeds from March to September. Winters in Africa.

Habitat: Makes the nest in rock walls, occupied by territorial pairs.

Population: Globally threatened species. In the Pallars Jussà there is the largest population of Catalonia, with several couples in the area of Collegats and Boumort.