David Tipling / Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) in aggressive posture approaching food and other vultures Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

David Tipling / Eurasian black vultures (Aegypius monachus) fighting, Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

David Tipling / Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

David Tipling / Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

David Tipling / Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

David Tipling / Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

Winfried Wisniewski / Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) juvenile at feeding station, Extremadura, Spain

Winfried Wisniewski / Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) fighting at feeding station, Extremadura, Spain

Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus) calling, Castile-Leon, Spain

Francisco Marquez / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and European black vultures (Aegypius monachus) feeding on a dead deer, Cabaneros National Park, Castile-La Mancha, Spain, May.

Francisco Marquez / Juvenile European black vulture (Aegypius monachus) preening in nest, Cabaneros National Park, Montes de Toledo, Spain, July.

Francisco Marquez / Juvenile European black vulture (Aegypius monachus) chick in nest, Cabaneros National Park, Montes de Toledo, Spain, July.