RTVE.es / AGENCIES 03.05.2010 - 17:16 h
A black vulture chick , premature, was the first specimen of this species born in freedom in the Catalan Pyrenees after nearly a century extinction.
The chick, as reported by the Department of Environment of the Generalitat, "came into the world last April 25 and was born earlier than expected."
is the first calf born in Boumort National Reserve, thanks to the pairing of two individuals released in the past three years, under the proposed reintroduction of the black vulture in Catalonia.
reintroduction project
The black vulture disappeared from Catalonia a century ago. In 2007 he released 16 copies of the species in different regions: the Pallars Jussà the culd and Alt Urgell. Have now been six breeding pairs formed with these vultures released three years ago.
One major problem that continues to affect all scavengers and predators is the lack of cattle carcasses.
vultures, the kites, or black, feeding on dead animals, which helps to control diseases affecting livestock, but the reduction of their food sources, along with other factors, are increasing the rate of mortality of these species.
With the birth of the black vulture in the Catalan Pyrenees, this region becomes one of Europe's nesting four species of vultures continent. The black vulture, the griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture and the osprey.
addition, the arrival of this breeding coincides with the International Year of Biodiversity, decreed by the UN, and the Year of the Black Vulture, according to the SEO / Birdlife, which has appointed the largest winged ghoul Spain, The Bird of the Year 2010.
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