When the time is right, Bearded Vultures build a nest from wool and branches in the hollows of cliffs, where they lay one or two eggs a year. Less sociable than griffon vultures, they prefer to live in isolation from other species.
The bearded vulture is also known as a “bone breaker” because of its diet. Indeed, it’s the vulture that wipes out any last trace of animal carcass on the ground. Once the others have taken over the flesh, entrails, tendons and cartilage, it breaks the bones with its strong, fleshy beak and feeds itself.
