{"id":17214,"date":"2021-06-17T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/?p=17214"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:01","slug":"tinenca-de-benifassa-natural-park-welcomed-three-new-bearded-vultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/es\/blog\/tinenca-de-benifassa-natural-park-welcomed-three-new-bearded-vultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinen\u00e7a de Benifass\u00e0 natural park welcomed three new Bearded Vultures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Close-up of one of the Bearded Vultures \u00a9 Generalitat of Valencia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Tinen\u00e7a de Benifass\u00e0 natural park recently received three more captive-bred Bearded Vultures as part of our newest reintroduction project in Maestrazgo. The latest release brings the total of young Crebal\u00f2s, the local name of Bearded Vultures, freed into the wild to nine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hatching and rearing Bearded Vultures in captivity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

La Bearded Vulture Captive Breeding Network<\/a>, coordinated by us at the Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) on behalf of EAZA<\/a>‘s EEP, breeds the species in captivity to support conservation actions, like this project. This year, for the first time, the Network assigned and provided three young captive-bred vultures to Maestrazgo compared to the usual two that we have been releasing annually since 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local schoolchildren have selected the names of the new inhabitants of the park: two of them, Durall (male) and Dena (female) came from the Bearded Vulture captive breeding centre of Guadalent\u00edn<\/a> in Cazorla, managed by the VCF on behalf of the Junta de Andaluc\u00eda<\/a>, and both hatched on 4 March, currently weighing close to 5 kg, while the Delilah (female) from the Ostrava Zoo in the Czech Republic hatched on 8 March and weighs around 4.5 kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Releasing three Bearded Vultures in Maestrazgo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 8 June 2021, it was time to release the birds. The regional Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Ecological Transition, Mireia Moll\u00e0, who was present at the ceremony, highlighted the “importance of this project for the improvement of biodiversity in the natural park and the great collaboration between different entities and administrations that make it possible”. She continued, “The arrival of these new Bearded Vultures consolidate the reintroduction project and contribute to growing the natural heritage of La Tinen\u00e7a and the Valencian Community.” After the ceremony, the team hiked to release the birds using the hacking method, which is more or less the natural way of fledging. At the site, two of the VCF’s staff captive breeding experts, Alex and Carmen, were also present to oversee the release and support the monitoring efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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