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genus

Gyps Savigny, 1809

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Accipitriformes »  family Accipitridae - kites, hawks and eagles

Included taxa

Number of records: 9

species Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 - White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

species Gyps bengalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - White-rumped Vulture

Gyps bengalensis

species Gyps coprotheres (J. R. Forster, 1798) - Cape Vulture

Gyps coprotheres

species Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) - Griffon Vulture

Gyps fulvus

species Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 - Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

species Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) - Indian Vulture
species Gyps rueppelli (A. E. Brehm, 1852) - Rüppell's Vulture

Gyps rueppelli

species Gyps tenuirostris G. R. Gray, 1844 - Slender-billed Vulture

Gyps tenuirostris


Fossil taxa

species Gyps melitensis Lydekker, 1890 †

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1012508]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Gyps Savigny, 1809]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
EN Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Gyps Savigny, 1809]
Data retrieved on: 22 April 2021
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† extinct taxon



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