|
.יארקמ רשנ (108 | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
|
.ריהבה ופוג ןיבל ובנזו ויפנכ תורבא לש ההכה עבצה ןיבש דוגינב רכינ :יארקמ רשנ .ההכ ידולח עבצ םירגבתמל .ןוראוצ ןיעמל תכפוהה הנבל המולפב םיסוכמ ראוצהו שארה .תועבצאכ תוקושפ ויתורבאו הלעמ יפלכ תולגועמ ויפנכ תוצק רשאכ ,בר הבוגב האוד בורל .עוברו רצק בנזה .תורעמו עלס ישגרד לע ןנקמ ,םייעלס םירה ולודיג תיב .בגנה ירה דעו ןלוגה תמרמ ,רידנ ביצי ץראב .4 'טי תומש ...םירשנ יפנכ לע םכתא אשאו .... | ||||||||||
|
Subspecies and Distribution.
G. f. fulvus N W Africa and Iberian Peninsula through Balkans, Turkey, Middle East, Arabia and Iran. G. f. fulvescens Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.95-110 cm, 6-11 kg. wingspan 240-280 cm.Whitish head, neck and collar, dark centres to greater upperwing coverts. similar to the other griffon vultures. Juvenile has brown collar and darker back than adult. Habitat.Extensive open areas, wide range of habitats, including mountains, plateaux, steppe and even semi-desert, with abrupt rocky areas such as crags and canyons for nesting and roosting.Soaring flight requires updraughts associated with slopes and cliffs, or thermals. Generally prefers dry, sunny areas, also dependent on presence of livestock. Breeds at wide range of altitudes. Food and FeedingExclusively carrion, feeds mainly on muscles and viscera of medium sized and large mammals, especially ungulates.Original wild prey species, now replaced to greater or lesser extent by domestic species, on which present species as often become totally dependent. Birds co-operate in search for food, dispersing up to 10's of km from colony or roost, exploring wide areas meticulously, when individual locates carrion, other birds within sight will congregate. Breeding.Dec-Mar. Colonial, normally under 20 pairs.Nests on crag or cliff, preferring protected ledge or small cave, thin, fairly small platform of branches, sometimes stolen from other large raptors. 1 egg, incubation 50-58 days, both adults incubate egg and feed chicks regurgitating semi-digested food. Chicks first down short and white,second down longer and creamy white to pale grey. Sexual maturity at 4 years old, can live in captivity 37 years old. Movements.Sedentary and partly megratory, juveniles disperse widely, vagrants in C N Europe. A few thousand birds, mainly juveniles, winter in Africa, with crossings at Straits of Gibraltar, Bosporus and Suez. Not all of these birds return to Europe in spring.Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened.Israel.In Israel the subspecies G. f. fulvus Uncommon resident, scarce passage migrant, winter visitor and dispersive. |
| |||||||||
| HOME | NEXT | |||||||||
