The bearded vulture consolidates its presence in the Valencian Community. There are nine examples that have been successfully recovered from the province of Castellón, with the recent release of two specimens. Species throughout Spain have grown from just 30 specimens a few decades ago to over a thousand now.
Tinença de Benifassà Natural Park in Castellón received two new specimens this week. Bearded vulture cubs from breeding centers in Guadalentín and Haringsee (Austria) in Andalusia, in the framework of the actions of this species’ resettlement project in Maestrazgo.
The publication took place in the hamlet of Bel in Castellón with the participation of Julio Gómez, general manager of Natural Environment and Environmental Assessment, whose General Directorate has been redefining the ‘Welcome Back, Crebalòs’ project since 2018.
Generalitat Valenciana, in collaboration with the Government of Aragon, the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Foundation for Demographic Control and Vulture Conservation (VCF), is running this relocation program to bring this symbolic bird back for the Valencian Community. ).
Natural Environment’s director general, the program’s “aim of restoring the biological wealth of the Valencian Community, Rescue of this endangered species in this region at the end of the 19th century and it returned to the sky of Tinenca to settle and fly”.
Nine copies successfully published
After its release, the project has so far released a total of 11 specimens, 5 male and 6 female, from the European network of breeding and breeding centers in the Tinença de Benifasà Natural Park. there are a total of 9 live samplesconsidered a high percentage of survival.
Tracking results show that five of the seven reintroduced people—not counting the bearded vultures released this morning—are still in the release area, suggesting that the new site acclimation protocol is showing good results. The remaining two moved to the Pyrenees.
With the introduction of these two new bearded vultures, which students of the Colegio Rural Agrupado la Bardissa de Rosell call Ereta and Espèrit, the reintroduction of this species has been consolidated not only in the Community of Valencia, but around the world. The Ibérica Peninsula, where several parallel initiatives have had positive results for the species.
A few decades ago it managed to exceed a thousand copies, out of the 30 copies left in the whole country.through the involvement of institutions and conservation agencies.
The bearded vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on bones abandoned after the vulture’s feast, the bones it lifts too high, and throws them on the rocks of the crushers to break them before swallowing them. It has a life expectancy of about 20 years in captivity, but in captivity it has a lifespan of more than 40 years.
The bearded vulture is a member of the accipitradae family. Because its head is covered with feathers, it is quite different from other vultures.
bearded vultures They live in mountainous and steep areas equipped with large ravines or cliffs where they can launch their prey to feed on them. It also prefers to look for cave areas where it can nest undisturbed.
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