This species is widely and disjunctly distributed across the Palearctic, Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions, but is very rare in some areas and thought to be in decline overall (Ferguson- Lees and Christie 2001). This species has been uplisted to Near Threatened owing to evidence that is has undergone a moderately rapid population decline over the past three generations.
Factsheet: Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus