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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.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Pseudogyps africanus
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
white-backed vulture in language.
white-backed vulture in English
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
White-backed Vulture in English
White-backed Vulture in English
hvitryggribb in Norwegian Bokmål
Gyps africain in French
Vautour africain in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
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