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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Belarusian: Бенгальскі сiп
Bulgarian: Бенгалски лешояд
Bengali: ফািংরা ঱কুন , বাংলা শকুন
Bengali (transliteration): bānlā śakuna
Breton: Gup Bengal
Catalan: Voltor asiàtic, Voltor dorsiblanc asiàtic
Czech: Sup bengálský
Welsh: Fwltur cefnwyn India
Danish: Bengalgrib
German: Bengalengeier, Weißrückengeier
English: Asian White-backed Vulture, Indian White-backed Vulture, Indian White-rumped Vulture, Oriental White-backed Vulture, White-backed Vulture, White-rumped Vulture
English, HBW: White-rumped Vulture
English (IOC): White-rumped Vulture
English (United States): White-rumped Vulture
Esperanto: Bengala grifo, Bengala vulturo
Spanish: Buitre Bengalí, Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano, Buitre Dorsiblanco Asiático, Buitre Dorsiblanco Bengalí
Spanish (Spain): Buitre Dorsiblanco Asiático
Spanish (HBW): White-rumped Vulture
Estonian: valgeselg-kaeluskotkas
Persian: دال پشت‌سفید, دال (کرکس) پشت‌سفید, دال پشت ‌سفید, دال دمگاه‌سفید
Finnish: Bengalinkorppikotka
French: Gyps africain, Vautour à dos blanc, Vautour chaugoun
Frisian: Bengaalske gier
Irish: Badhbh bheangálach
Galician: Abutre de Bengala
Hebrew: נשר לבן-שת
Croatian: Bengalski sup, mrki sup
Hungarian: bengál keselyű, Keleti fehérhátú keselyű
Icelandic: Svartgammur
Italian: Avvoltoio groppabianca, Grifone del Bengala, Grifone dorsobianco del Bengala
Japanese (romaji): bengaru hage-washi, bengaruhagewashi
Japanese: ベンガルハゲワシ
Japanese (Kanji): ベンガル禿鷲
Scientific: Gyps bengalensis, Pseudogyps bengalensis, Vultur bengalensis, Vultur indou, Vultur indus
Lithuanian: Bengalinis grifas
Latvian: Bengālijas grifs
Macedonian: Белогрб мршојадец
Malayalam: ചുട്ടിക്കഴുകൻ, ചുട്ടിക്കഴുകന്‍ 
Marathi: पांढरपाठी गिधाड
Malay: Burung Hereng Belakang Putih, Burung Hereng Tongkeng Puteh, Burung Hereng Tongkeng Putih
Nepali: डंगर गिद्ध
Dutch: Bengaalse Gier
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bengalgribb
Norwegian: Bengalgribb
Polish: sep bengalski, sęp bengalski
Pinyin: bái-bèi wù-jiù
Portuguese: Grifo de Bengala, grifo-de-bengala
Portuguese (Portugal): grifo-bengalense
Rhaeto-Romance: Tschess bengal
Romanian: Vultur pleşuv de Bengal
Russian: Африканский белобокий гриф, Африканский бенгальский гриф, Бенгальский гриф, Бенгальский сип, Гриф индийский, Индийский гриф
Northern Sami: Bengálráhtogoaskin
Slovak: sup cernastý, sup černastý, sup tmavý
Slovenian: sajasti plešec
Serbian: Bengalski sup, Indijski beloleđi sup
Swedish: Asiatisk vitryggad gam, Bengalgam
Tamil: Pinam Thinni Kazhugu
Thai: แร้งเทาหลังขาว, อีแร้งเทาหลังขาว
Thai (Transliteration): ii-ráeeŋ tʰaw lăŋ-kʰăaw, ráeeŋ tʰaw lăŋ-kʰăaw
Turkish: Bengal Akbabası, Hint akbaba
Tatar: Бенгалия грифы, Бенгалия комае
Ukrainian: Сип бенгальський
Vietnamese: Chim Kền kền Bănggan, Chim Kền kền Măng Gan, Kền kền băng gan, Kền kền Măng Gan
Chinese: 拟兀鹫, 白背兀鹫
Chinese (Traditional): 白背兀鷲, 白腰兀鷲