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Eurasian Black Vultures are amongst the largest existing vultures. They are completely near-black dark brownish-grey, with underwing coverts that are darker yet than the rest of the plumage. Only the crown and the base of the hooked bill are pale in adults; in juveniles these are also dark. The flesh-coloured feet are clearly visible in flight; they do not protrude beyond the tip of the broad tail. As in other vultures, the wings are broad with long primary "fingers".

The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org .

The global distribution of the Eurasian Black Vulture is available HERE .

Eurasian Black Vultures occur at mostly subtropical latitudes across a wide range across Eurasia, from Iberia in the West via the Mediterranean, parts of Asia Minor and the Middle East, to central Asia and the Korean peninsula in the East. Across that range they are mostly sedentary; only around the Himalayas there are migratory populations that spend the winters at lower altitude than the breeding seasons. Across much of their range, in southern and south-eastern Europe, Asia Minor and central Asia (eastern China) their distribution is uncertain.

In Europe, apart from a few sites in the Alps and the Balkans, Eurasian Black Vultures are primarily found in large parts of Iberia, on Mallorca, in parts of southern France and in eastern Greece/southern Bulgaria.

Eurasian Black Vultures have a preference for hilly or mountainous terrain, including relatively flat highlands such as central Spain, where they search for carrion mostly in relatively open terrain, such as grassland, steppe or sparsely vegetated mountain/hill slopes, often in semi-arid to arid landscapes.

J. Pires reports spotting Eurasian Black Vultures occasionally near Mora, Evora, Portugal - in 2014 and 2018, and again in the timeframe May/June 2020. The species was also found at the Montargil Dam, near Mora, Evora, Portugal and at Arraiolos, Portugal. More Eurasian Black Vultures were found at Embalse de Los Canchales, near Montijo, Spain, in December 2019. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by J. Pires.