Quartet Of Flying Griffon Vultures, Villareal De San Carlos, Spain Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Monfraguë National Park is one of Europe`s last unspoiled ecosystems. The convergence of the Tajo and Tietar rivers in the Caceres region has created this landscape of holm oaks, cork trees, smooth mountains and enormous rocks that are home to one of the largest colonies of black vultures in the world. This unique Extremadura national park has become one of the best places in Spain for bird watching. The griffon vulture or Gyps fulvus is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae also known as the Eurasian griffon. It is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals which it finds by soaring over open areas, often moving in flocks.