{"id":6010,"date":"2019-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4vultures.org\/blog\/two-young-bearded-vultures-are-the-new-inhabitants-of-tinen%c3%a7a-de-benifass%c3%a0-spain\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:29:14","slug":"two-young-bearded-vultures-are-the-new-inhabitants-of-tinen%c3%a7a-de-benifass%c3%a0-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4vultures.org\/pt\/blog\/two-young-bearded-vultures-are-the-new-inhabitants-of-tinen%c3%a7a-de-benifass%c3%a0-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Two young Bearded Vultures are the new inhabitants of Tinen\u00e7a de Benifass\u00e0 (Spain)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our Bearded vulture captive breeding manager, Alejandro Llopis Dell, presenting one of the vultures (c) VCF<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The Maestrazgo region welcomed two more Bearded Vulture<\/a>\u00a0chicks. This past Thursday, an official ceremony presented the two vultures to an enthusiastic crowd ahead of their release at Parque Natural de la Tinen\u00e7a de Benifass\u00e0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We started the reintroduction of\u00a0Bearded Vultures at Maestrazgo in Spain<\/a> last year, in an attempt to reintroduce the species in the region. Historically, there was a breeding population of the vultures in the area, and now several vultures released in Andalusia regularly visit it.<\/p>\n

Presenting the vultures<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahead of their release into the wild, the Councillor for Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development, Elena Cebri\u00e1n, together with the regional secretary of Environment, Francisco Javier Quesada, presented the two Bearded Vultures to locals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elena Cebri\u00e1n emphasised “the scientific and ecological importance” of this project that goes beyond the Tinen\u00e7a and thanked “all the people, entities and governments that have allied to make this dream come true”. That is the return of the “crebal\u00f2s” (local name of the Bearded Vulture) to these lands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Basi and Boira<\/strong><\/p>\n

We left the creative naming of the birds to schoolchildren, who did a great job baptizing the birds Basi and Boira. Both vultures were born in captivity, the female in the breeding centre of Cazorla (Ja\u00e9n) and the male in Vallcalent (Lleida), weighing six kilos each during their release. After the ceremony, they released Basi and Boira at an adaptation aviary in Bel to help acclimatize them in the area. After one month they will be released into the wild, making their first flights. The area also has specific feeders for Bearded Vultures to encourage them to stay in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n