Where to see
Gyps fulvus
Picos de Europa National Park leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Griffon Vulture during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Aigüestortes National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 5 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 6 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 8 | Mercantour National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 9 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 10 | Ecrins National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 11 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Vanoise National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
Picos de Europa National Park
In Picos de Europa National Park, Spain, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Griffon Vulture sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park and more
After Picos de Europa National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Griffon Vulture are in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain, about 80%), Monfragüe National Park (Spain, about 70%) and Aigüestortes National Park (Spain, about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March, May–September and November–December in Picos de Europa National Park (about 90%), November and December in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (about 90%) and April in Monfragüe National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Griffon Vulture on a given day. Each park's Griffon Vulture page has the full month-by-month chart.
