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bird · Accipitriformes · Accipitridae

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Lammergeyer, lammergeier, Bearded Vulture / Lammergeier. Occurrence records of the Bearded Vulture are shared on GBIF from around 9 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (836 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Near threatenedAccipitridae
9reserves with records
1 338records around them
3provinces
NTIUCN category
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
UKhahlamba / Drakensberg ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal836
Golden Gate Highlands National ParkNational parkFS Free State235
Royal Natal National ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal111
Giant's Castle Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal88
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal31
Witzieshoek NaturellereserweNature reserveFS Free State19
Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal7
Kamberg Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal7
Grassland National ParkNational parkEC Eastern Cape4

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
6 reserves
Free State
2 reserves
Eastern Cape
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Scientific name
Gypaetus barbatus
GBIF taxon
2480649
Wikidata
Q126167

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.