Overview

• Nuremberg Zoo said the bird died on Tuesday at age 46.
• He hatched in 1979 at Alpenzoo Innsbruck and arrived in Franconia in 1980.
• He fathered 13 offspring and was the oldest male in the EAZA conservation breeding program.
• Since 2021, about ten bearded vultures have been released in Berchtesgaden National Park, with one confirmed death from rockfall.
• Some local reports listed his age as 49, while the zoo reported 46.