Griffon vulture

Gyps fulvus Today, 3 October

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now young dispersing 35 days

young dispersing Bird here all year

The whole year

25 September – 7 November

the coastal calendar, shifted 24 days later for this region

Sitting the year outGetting readyYoung aboutYoung leaving

Where to look

Sea cliffs on Cres, Krk and Prvić, and the thermals above the Velebit ridge.

Worth knowing

One egg a year, incubated through the winter, and the chick is on the ledge for four months. A fledgling's first flight is out over open sea; boats that approach a bird resting on the water are the single biggest cause of losses on Cres.

Look it up

photos, sightings and recordings, off this site

iNaturalist — photos and where people are seeing it Wikipedia — Gyps fulvus xeno-canto — recordings of the call

Regions

where this species is on the list

Dalmatian coastKvarner and IstriaVelebit and the DinaridesSlavonia and the Pannonian plainTukhlia, Ukrainian Carpathians

Phase by phase

dates as they fall in the region chosen above

Phase	When	Length	What it means
courting	9 December – 12 February	66 days	Song, display, fighting, scent-marking — pairs forming or reaffirming.
on eggs	13 February – 12 April	59 days	Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun.
raising young	13 April – 12 August	122 days	Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed.
young have left	13 August – 24 September	43 days	Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults.
young dispersing	25 September – 7 November	44 days	Young leaving for good, looking for a territory of their own.
going about the year	8 November – 8 December	31 days	Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out.

Other birds in this region

Barn swallowBlack storkCommon cuckooCommon nightingaleCommon ravenCommon swiftEuropean robinGreat spotted woodpeckerGreat titTawny owl

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