The last of the Andalusian bearded vultures disappeared from the Sierra de Cazorla at the end of 1986. That same year, work began on the reintroduction of the bearded vulture, following the recommendations of the IUCN. In 1996, the Ministry of the Environment signed a collaboration agreement with the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCBV), today merged into the Foundation for the Conservation of Vultures (VCF), for the transfer of specimens to Andalusia and similar negotiations began with the governments of Aragon and Catalonia. To later build the Guadalent\u00edn Breeding Center in the Sierra de Cazorla in Nava de San Pedro. <\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards, the elaboration of a plan for their reintroduction begins, based on the release of young specimens born in captivity so that, when they reach sexual maturity, they reproduce in the environment where they were released; This technique is called free-range breeding or hacking. On May 13, 2006, Tono, Faus and Libertad became the first three bearded vultures released in Andalusia. From 2006 to 2020, 96 bearded vultures have been released, distributed between the provinces of Ja\u00e9n and Granada. Up to that year, nine territorial pairs have been formed that have managed to raise seventeen chicks in the wild since 2015, to which must be added several dozen specimens not yet paired.
\nThe Guadalent\u00edn Breeding Centre <\/p>\n
It is located within the Natural Park, in Nava de San Pedro. It was inaugurated in 1966 and in 2002 the first bearded vulture was born there, “Andalusia”. Since then, 139 chicks have been born at the Center, of which 129 have survived. In total it has 27 specimens, of which twelve form six breeding pairs that produce chicks every year. Since 1999 his work has been included in the European Endagered Species Program (EPP) for the bearded vulture, which is responsible for coordinating captive breeding in Europe and setting guidelines for working with the species. This programme is led by the Venture Conservations Foundation (VCF), the foundation that currently manages the Guadalent\u00edn Breeding Centre. <\/p>\n
Its scientific name means “bearded vulture-eagle,” and it certainly shares characteristics of both types of birds. An accomplished glider, it impresses with its ability to fly and maneuver in the air with hardly any flapping. <\/p>\n
The bearded vulture specializes in a unique diet: bones. Its main food is the remains of ruminants, being able to swallow large fragments, even vertebrae and long bones of the limbs. If they are too large, it lifts them in flight and throws them against the ground in rocky areas to break them, the so-called “breakers”; From this practice comes its name. Their digestive system is very efficient at extracting nutrients from the bones of their prey, being able to do so many months after the death of the animal. This unique adaptation allows it to survive on one-tenth of the carcass available to other meat-eating scavengers, such as its distant relatives the griffon vultures. <\/p>\n
Data provided by VCF and PRCANA (Plan for the Recovery and Conservation of Blackfagous Birds – NEDE of Andalusia). Data updated July 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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