Gypaetus barbatus
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Never handle an injured or dead large raptor bare-handed: the talons and bill cause deep wounds, and a carcass feeder can carry pathogens on its bill and plumage. Report the bird to the wildlife authority instead of moving it. Keep well away from breeding cliffs — the species raises a single chick a year and will desert the nest if disturbed.
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In flight the wings are narrow and pointed and the tail is long and diamond-shaped — other vultures show a short, fan-shaped tail
Adult has rusty-orange head, breast and belly contrasting with dark slate back and wings
Black bristle tuft hanging beneath the bill and a black mask through the eye
Head and neck fully feathered, unlike the bare wrinkled neck of griffon and cinereous vultures
Carries bones aloft and drops them onto rock slabs to crack them, then eats the marrow
