Bearded Vulture

Bearded Vulture belong in Hawk family and reported in rare animal list of Mongolia. Only populated 1500 to

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3000 meters above sea level in Central Asia. Can be seen in South Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park and Altai Mountain range area. Also live in Southern Europe, high mountain range of India, Tibet. Considered as one of the biggest vulture bird in Mongolia. Described with its long narrow wings and triangle tail, yellow chest and dark back colored. Their wing length can reach 2.5 to 3 meters and body length 95 to 125 cm and weight over 4.5 to 7kg. However this creature is vulture, they never attack to living animals only eat spoils of dead animals, fetch down bones to rock and eat marrow. Bearded Vulture age about 40 years. Usually lay two eggs. This creature can be easily identified with its black beard under its snout.