National Bird of Andorra

Interesting Facts About Andorra’s National Bird

Lammergeier lives on cargs in mountains in Indian Subcontinent, the Caucaus, Southeren Europe, Africa and Tibet. It’s also spelled lammergeyer or lammergeir or ossifrage and In German, it is called “lamb vulture”, Lammergeyer consists almost 70-90% bone.

Basic Description of the Bearded Vulture

• Long: 94–125 cm
• Wingspan: 2.31–2.83 m
• Weight: 4.5–7.8 kg
• The nominate race averaging: 6.21 kg
• Female vultures are larger than male vultures
• Wing Chord: 71.5–91 cm
• Wedge-shaped Tail: 42.7–52 cm
• Lammergeier avoid remains of larger species like cows and horses

Scientific Classification of Gypaetus Barbatus:

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Accipitriformes
• Family: Accipitridae
• Genus: Gypaetus ,Storr- 1784
• Species: G. barbatus

Vulture’s Psychology and behavior:

Mostly these birds are scavengers. Their first priority is to eat dead animals. Their acid concentration is so much powerful that they can digest a full-size bone within a day only. They gain most of their body energy from bone marrow. Even their gastric acid can digest extreme harmful bacteria.

They build their nest in high mountainous plentiful cliffs, crags, and precipices region. They naturally live in a less populated area where the chances of getting rotten dead animals are high.

Their egg takes at least one and a half winter to hatches. One female bearded lay max one or two eggs. At the beginning of the spring, you may watch new member in their nest.

A full-size male bird cans 37–49 inches long and weights up to 4.5 to 7.8 kg. The female animal is a bit longer than male which leads to being bulkier few kgs more.

Though the bird has a powerful neck and thick, their head is smaller than other eagles. The bald head is another important part of their feeding mechanism which they enter inside of a fresh dead.

Many people don’t like this decaying animal flesh behavior, but it plays an important role in the ecosystem. These necrophagous insects prevent deadliest diseases like anthrax and rabies. Dead animals are the cause of spreading these deadly viruses.

Though the animal is honored as becoming the national bird, yet their living is under threat of human disturbance. Many of those have been killed or injured by a human. But the good news is Andorra is on the highest alert to preserve their kind.