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Baku Zoological Park

Egyptian Vulture

Size and weight

50-65 cm in length and up to 175 cm in wingspan
Up to 2.4 kg

Nutrition

Carnivore

Life Span

Around 21 years

Reproduction

1-2

Conservation status

Endangered. Included in the Red Book of Azerbaijan

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Africa, Europe, Asia, Caucasus and India

Easily spotted thanks to their bright yellow head, the Egyptian vultures are the smallest of all vultures and the only migratory vulture spending its winters in Africa. During the last decades, the number of Egyptian vultures declined dramatically