Gyps

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Accipitriformes • Familia: Accipitridae • Genus: Gyps Savigny, 1809

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English: Griffon Vultures · Български: Белоглави лешояди · Deutsch: Gänsegeier · Français: Vautour · עברית: נשר · ქართული: ორბი · Suomi: Korppikotkat · ไทย: แร้ง, อีแร้ง ·

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Gyps

Included species (for IOC classification 2.6):

G. africanus, G. bengalensis, G. coprotheres, G. fulvus, G. himalayensis, G. indicus, G. rueppellii, G. tenuirostris

• IOC link: Gyps in order Accipitriformes

• ITIS link: Gyps Savigny, 1809

• IUCN link: Gyps threatened species

Gyps africanus (cat.)

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Gyps bengalensis (cat.)

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  juvenile

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Gyps coprotheres (cat.)

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Gyps fulvus (cat.)

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Gyps himalayensis (cat.)

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funerals in tibet

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Gyps indicus (cat.)

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Gyps rueppellii (cat.)

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spreaded wings and in flight

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Gyps tenuirostris (cat.)

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More than one species

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  Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Gyps africanus

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  Torgos tracheliotus, Gyps africanus

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  Torgos tracheliotus, Leptoptilos crumeniferus, Gyps africanus, Gyps rueppellii

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  Gyps africanus

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  Torgos tracheliotus, Gyps africanus

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  violett: Gyps indicus, red: Gyps bengalensis, light blue: Gyps tenuirostris