Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Salvadori, Tommaso. 1865. Descrizione di una Nuova Specie D'Avoltoio. Notizia Storica dei lavori fatti dalla Classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 1864-1865: 129-136.
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Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Accipitriformes
- family
- Accipitridae
- genus
- Gyps
- species
- Gyps africanus
Distribution
Open plains and savanna of Africa south of the Sahara
Distribution
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are widespread.
Name
- Homonyms
- Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865
- Common names
- African white-backed vulture in English
- Afrikanesche Gänsegeier in Luxembourgish
- Buitre dorsiblanco africano in Spanish
- Grifone africano in Italian
- Hvidrygget Grib in Danish
- Hvitryggribb in Norwegian
- Vautour africain in French
- Weißrückengeier in German
- Weißrückengeier in German
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture in English
- White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon in English
- White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon in English
- Witrugaasvoël in Afrikaans
- Witruggier in Dutch
- afrikinis grifas in Lithuanian
- fehérhátú keselyű in Hungarian
- grifo-de-dorso-branco in Portuguese
- savanni-kaeluskotkas in Estonian
- savannikorppikotka in Finnish
- sup africký in Czech
- sup hrdzavohnedý in Slovak
- sęp afrykański in Polish
- vitryggig gam in Swedish
- voltor dorsiblanc africà in Catalan–Valencian
- Африканский гриф in Russian
- コシジロハゲワシ in Japanese
- 白背兀鷲 in Chinese
- 非洲白背兀鷲 in Chinese
- hvitryggribb in Norwegian Bokmål
Bibliographic References
- (2011) IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9
- (2011) IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9
- (2011) Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.02.25
- Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
- Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names
- Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.