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Gyps Savigny, 1809

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Savigny, Marie J. C. 1809. Systeme des Oiseaux de L'Egypte et de la Syrie. Description de l’Egypte,. Histoire Naturelle. (1809-30) 1(1): 63-114.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Accipitriformes
family
Accipitridae
genus
Gyps

Name

Synonyms
Pseudogyps Sharpe, 1873
Homonyms
Gyps Savigny, 1809
Common names
Aasvoëls in Afrikaans
Buitres del Viejo Mundo in Spanish
Eigentliche Altweltgeier in German
Gam in Swedish
Grib in Danish
Griffon Vultures in English
Griffon Vultures and Allies in English
Griffons in English
Grifon Akbabalar in Turkish
Grifone in Italian
Grifoni in Italian
Grifos in Portuguese
Gänsegeier in German
Manong in Tswana
Supovi in Croatian
Tikrieji grifai in Lithuanian
Typical Old World Vultures in English
Typiske gribber in Norwegian Bokmål
Vautour in French
Voltor in Catalan–Valencian
jastreb in Slovenian
korppikotkat in Finnish
korppikotkat in Finnish
leNong in Tswana
sup in Slovak
vulture in English
Белоглави лешояди in Bulgarian
Грифы in Russian
Сип in Ukrainian
Сипы in Russian
Сіпы in Belarusian
נשר in Hebrew
قشعام in Arabic
สกุล แร้งสามัญ in Thai
แร้ง in Thai
ორბი in Georgian
シロエリハゲワシ属 in Japanese
그리폰독수리속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. Egypte, 1 (1) (Ois.), 68
  3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Rees, T. (compiler) . (2026). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Available from https://www.irmng.org at VLIZ. Accessed YYYY-MM-DD.
  6. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
  7. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
  8. SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar
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