The black vulture ( " Aegypius monachus " ) was next to disappear.
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Shulov argued that the Hebrew word translated as " osprey " in the King James version of the Bible actually refers to the black vulture, Aegypius monachus.
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The "'cinereous vulture "'( " Aegypius monachus " ) is a large raptorial bird that is distributed through much of Eurasia.
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Among the birds there are partridge ( Alectoris kakelik ), Columbi formes, Cercheneis tinnunculus, griffon ( Gyps fulvus ), black vulture ( Aegypius monachus ) and others.
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Krumovitsa is one of the few places in Bulgaria where the cinereous vulture ( " Aegypius monachus " ) and lesser kestrel ( " Falco naumanni " ) still can be observed.
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In one case, a cinereous vulture ( " Aegypius monachus " ), the largest living accipitrid, was observed to be pursued in flight and kleptoparasitized by a Steller's sea eagle.
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In areas of semi-arid steppe, typical avifauna includes rock partridges ( Alectoris chukar and A . graeca ), see-see partridge ( Ammoperdix griseogularis ), little bustard ( Tetrax tetrax ), houbara bustard ( Chlamydotis undulata ), black-bellied sandgrouse ( Pterocles orientalis ) and black vulture ( Aegypius monachus ).
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Although the vegetation on the cliffs is sparse, it merits special interest as a habitat for raptors such as Eleonora's falcon ( " Falco eleonorae " ) and osprey ( " Pandion haliaetus " ) as well as the world's only remaining insular cinereous vultures ( black vulture, " Aegypius monachus " ).
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They range in size from the tiny pearl kite ( " Gampsonyx swainsonii " ) and little sparrowhawk ( " Accipiter minullus " ), both of which are 23 cm ( 9 in ) in length and weigh about 85 g ( 3 oz ), to the cinereous vulture ( " Aegypius monachus " ), which measures up to 120 cm ( 47 in ) and weighs up to 14 kg ( 31 lbs ).