7 Largest Vultures On The Planet

Priyanka Soam
Oct 28, 2024

Andean condor

One of the largest flying birds features velvety black feathers with white patch, bald head with a distinctive face and a wide wingspan of over 10 feet.

California condor

A New World rare vulture featuring black and white feathers and an impressive wingspan of over 9.8 feet.

Eurasian griffon

An Old World vulture featuring a white head and neck, pale brown feathery body, contrasting dark flight feathers and a wide wingspan of over 9.8 feet.

African white backed vulture

A large, buff-brown vulture featuring pale patches, white neck ruff, broad wings, short tail feathers and a wingspan of over 8.5 feet.

Lappet faced vulture

A massive vulture featuring a heavy head, massive bill, bulky bluish-yellow beak, wrinkled loose skinny face and a wingspan of 8.5 feet.

Bearded vulture

One of the rarest vultures of Europe featuring featherless heads,narrow wings, wedge-shaped tail ,dark gray, rusty, and whitish body and wingspan of 8.2 feet.

Rüppell's Vulture

An highest-flying bird featuring a brown and black body, white belly, white collar and thin head or neck and a wingspan of over 8 feet.

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