Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres] (Eurasian or Cape Griffon)

Eurasian or Cape Griffon

Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres] (= Gyps fulvus) (Hablizl, CL 1783)

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Classification

Order:
  Accipitriformes
Family:
  Accipitridae
Genus:
   Gyps
Scientific:
  Gyps fulvus

Original description

Citation:
(Hablizl, CL 1783)

Reference:
Neue Nordische Beyträge 4 p.58

Protonym:
Vultur fulvus

Type locality:
Samamisian Alps, Gilan, Iran.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102975#page/67/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
48E105F4878B6DD5

Avibase ID:
avibase-48E105F4

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/48E105F4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175487

Geographic range:

Gyps fulvus fulvus: northwestern Africa and Iberian Peninsula to Middle East
Gyps fulvus fulvescens: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India to Assam
Gyps coprotheres: open plains and mountains of southern Africa

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Eurasian or Cape Griffon
French:
Vautour fauve ou V. chassefiente

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Eurasian or Cape Griffon ( Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres])
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Griffon Vulture ( Gyps fulvus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Gyps fulvus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Gyps fulvus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Gyps fulvus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Kransaasvoël
Arabic: النسر, النسر الأسمر, النسر النسر
Asturian: La Utre
Azerbaijani: Ağbaş Asiya kərkəsi, Qara leşyeyən
Belarusian: Белагаловы сіп
Bulgarian: Белоглав лешояд
Bengali: ইউরেশীয় গৃধিনী
Catalan: Voltor comú, Voltor lleonat, Voltor negre
Catalan (Balears): Voltor lleonat
Valencian: Voltor negre
Czech: Sup belohlavý, Sup bělohlavý
Welsh: Fultur, Fwltur
Danish: Gåsegrib
German: Gaensegeier, Gänsegeier
Greek: Ορνιο, Όρνιο
Greek (Cypriot): Γύπας
English: Eurasian Griffon, Eurasian Griffon Vulture, Eurasian or Cape Griffon, Griffon Vulture
Esperanto: Ansergrifo, Vulturo
Spanish: Buitre común, Buitre Leonado
Estonian: Kaeluskotkas
Basque: Sai arre, Sai arrea, Voltor comú
Finnish: Hanhikorppikotka
Faroese: Gammur
French: Vautour fauve, Vautour fauve ou V. chassefiente, Vautour griffon
Frisian: Feale gier
Irish: Bultúr, Bultúr Gríofa
Galician: Voitre, Voltor comú
Hebrew: נשר, נשר מקראי
Croatian: Bjeloglavi sup
Hungarian: Fakó keselyû, Fakókeselyü
Armenian: [Spitakaglukh Anggh ], Սպիտակագլուխ Անգղ
Icelandic: Gæsagammur
Italian: Grifone
Japanese (romaji): shiroerihagewashi, Shiroerihage-washi
Japanese: ケアプシロエリハゲワシ
Japanese (Kanji): 白襟禿鷲
Georgian: ორბი
Kazakh: Ақбас құмай, Қара құмай
Kazakh (Transliteration): aq-bas qumay
Scientific: Gyps [fulvus or coprotheres], Gyps fulvus, Gyps fulvus fulvus, Vultur fulvus
Luxembourgish: Gänsegeier
Lithuanian: Grifas, Palšasis grifas
Latvian: Baltgalvas grifs, Kalnu lija
Macedonian: Белоглав мршоjадец, Белоглав мршојадец, Картел
Mongolian: Ухаа хажир, Цагаан тологойт тас
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠧᠠ ᠬᠠᠵᠢᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠣᠧᠠ ᠬᠠᠵᠢᠷ ᠪᠦᠷᠭᠦᠳ
Mongolian (Transliteration): ukhaa khajir
Maltese: Avultun Prim
Nepali: खैरो गिद्ध
Dutch: Vale Gier
Norwegian: Gåsegribb
Polish: sęp płowy
Pinyin: xī-yù wù-jiù
Portuguese: grifo, Grifo-comum
Romansh: Tschess cularin
Romanian: Vultur sur
Russian: Белоголовый сип, Сип белоголовый
Sardinian: Bentruxiu, Murru, Untruxu
Slovak: Sup bielohlavý, Sup biely
Slovenian: beloglavi jastreb
Albanian: Shkaba, Zhgaba
Serbian: Beloglavi sup, sup bjeloglavi, Белоглави суп
Swedish: Gåsgam
Turkish: Akbaba, Kızıl akbaba, kyzyl akbaba
Tuvinian: Ак баштыг дас
Ukrainian: Білоголовий сип, Сип (Гриф) бiлоголовий, Сип білоголовий
Chinese: 兀鹫, 西域兀赞
Chinese (Traditional): 西域兀鷲