Field signs. A very large bird (Wing span 2 meters or more) folded like grifa. Coloring outside, burovato-colored top and dark-sandy bottom, mahovye and black tail. Young darker. The head and neck are covered with thick white short rest in peace. Around the grounds neck collar, adult white Pooh, young rassuchennyh of brown feathers. The eyes are yellow, bluish-gray legs. Flight soaring. The voice - loud hiss (Böhme et al, 1998). 6-12 kg of weight, length of 95-113 cm wing 68,5-77,5 cm, the magnitude of 240-280 cm (Ryabitsev, 2001).  Distribution. Zaletny rare type of calling in Tuva north-eastern edge of its range. In the Red Book of the Russian Federation. Belogolovy cip quite meets regularly throughout the year in the south-western Tuva (Mongun-Tayginsky and Ovyursky areas), but nesting is not proven. Single bird marked 26 May, 1979 in the upper river. Sagly. Earlier, Y. Nikiforov found murdered in the white-haired sipov Saglinskoy valley and river flood plain. Mogen-Buren (in both cases from dead birds were cut off legs). Kormyaschiysya to fallen sarlykah cip was 27-28 January 1982 in the Valley Eldy-Hem (tributary river. Barlyka) in the community with two neck and two golden eagle. Here on the river. Elda Khem was found sletok belogolovogo SIPA (Nikiforov YV). In the tract Kara-Hovu 15 Jun., 1971 were met by two SIPA in the community with six black neck, 11 August 1982, SD. Shara-Haragay - 6 birds, 13 August 1984 in SD. Ching-Push (River Valley. Mugur) - One M & As, 15 June, 1985 at Arzaitinskom pass - one specimen, 14 July 1985 in the valley of the river. Onochi (tributary river. Barlyka) two SIPA (Popov VV) . In 1986, managed twice to watch white-haired sipov: June 12, in the vicinity of the airport village. Mugur-Aqsa two birds kept in the stae with a 20 neck and two borodachami, June 13, in the tract Semigorki - one of M & As and two grifa. South-western Tuva is the north-east limit the spread of belogolovogo SIPA.  Regular meetings of these birds in the territory of the republic, apparently caused by the expansion of habitat types, and now possibly irregular nesting belogolovogo SIPA in the south-western Tuva (Baranov, 1991).
Reproduction. Jacks happy to yielding rocks. Masonry in late winter, consists of one egg white (Böhme et al, 1998).  Nutrition. It feeds mostly carrion, which looks, soaring at great height or planned along mountain slopes (Böhme et al, 1998). References. |
