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==Etymology==

==Etymology==

The name originally came from the German words ''lämmers'' + ''geier'', which literally meant "lamb's vulture"<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lammergeier</ref><ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lammergeier</ref>, in reference to attacks on sheep in the central Alps.  The older word ''ossifrage''<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ossifrage</ref> is based on Latin for "bone-breaker" (''oss'', "bone" + ''frangere'', "to break"), which was used in Leviticus 11:13 to identify this bird specifically, as well as prohibit the ancient Israelites from eating this or any other bird of prey.

The name originally came from the German words ''lämmers'' + ''geier'', which literally meant "lamb's vulture",<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lammergeier</ref><ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lammergeier</ref> in reference to attacks on sheep in the central Alps.  The older word ''ossifrage''<ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ossifrage</ref> is based on Latin for "bone-breaker" (''oss'', "bone" + ''frangere'', "to break"), which was used in Leviticus 11:13 to identify this bird specifically, as well as prohibit the ancient Israelites from eating this or any other bird of prey.

==Subspecies==

==Subspecies==

==Threats==

==Threats==

Lammergeiers are classified as "Least concern" in the IUCN Red List, due to the extremely large range the bird has in Eurasia and Africa; the population overall has been estimated to be about 10,000 birds, yet an accurate count is difficult due to the nature of the terrain in which they live as well as the vast distances flown by individual birds when foraging.  Persecution in areas where sheep and goat herders drive their flocks have caused a regional extinction of lammergeiers within the southern Balkans of Europe, Syria, and Jordan<ref>http://www.ebd.csic.es/carnivoros/personal/donazar/joseadonazar/s_p_pdfs/26_High%20frequency%20of%20polyandrous%20trios%20in%20an%20endangered%20population%20of%20lammergeiers%20Gypaetus%20barbatus%20in.pdf</ref>; they have been recently reintroduced to the Alps of Switzerland, Austria, and Italy.   

Lammergeiers are classified as "Least concern" in the IUCN Red List, due to the extremely large range the bird has in Eurasia and Africa; the population overall has been estimated to be about 10,000 birds, yet an accurate count is difficult due to the nature of the terrain in which they live as well as the vast distances flown by individual birds when foraging.  Persecution in areas where sheep and goat herders drive their flocks have caused a regional extinction of lammergeiers within the southern Balkans of Europe, Syria, and Jordan;<ref>http://www.ebd.csic.es/carnivoros/personal/donazar/joseadonazar/s_p_pdfs/26_High%20frequency%20of%20polyandrous%20trios%20in%20an%20endangered%20population%20of%20lammergeiers%20Gypaetus%20barbatus%20in.pdf</ref> they have been recently reintroduced to the Alps of Switzerland, Austria, and Italy.   

   

   

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Birds of Prey]][[Category:Vultures]]

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