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Gyps
Gyps fulvusfrom Naumann, Natural history of the birds of central Europe, 3rd ed. 1899
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aegypiinae
Genus: Gyps
Savigny,1809
Type species
Gyps vulgaris[1]=Vultur fulvus
Savigny, 1809
Species

8 extant, 2 extinct; see text.

Gypsis agenusofOld World vulturesthat was proposed byMarie Jules César Savignyin 1809. Its members are sometimes known asgriffon vultures.Gypsvultures have a slim head, a long slender neck with downy feathers, and a ruff around the neck formed by long buoyant feathers. The crown of their big beaks is a little compressed, and their big dark nostrils are set transverse to the beak. They have six or seven wing feathers, of which the first is the shortest and the fourth the longest.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genusGypswas introduced in 1809 by the French zoologistMarie Jules César Savignyto accommodate theEurasian griffon vulture.[2][3]The genus name is fromAncient Greekgupsmeaning "vulture".[4]The genus contains eight extant species.[5]

Image Name Distribution andIUCN Red Liststatus
Eurasian griffon vultureG. fulvus(Hablitz,1783)[6]
LC[7]
White-rumped vultureG. bengalensis(Gmelin,1788)[8] India and Nepal, Pakistan
CR[9]
Cape vultureG. coprotheres(Forster,1798)[10] Southern Africa

VU[11]

Indian vultureG. indicus(Scopoli,1786)[12] Pakistan, India and Nepal
CR[13]
Slender-billed vultureG. tenuirostrisGray,1844[14] India
CR[15]
Rüppell's vultureG. rueppelli(Brehm,1852)[16] Saheland East Africa
CR[17]
White-backed vultureG. africanusSalvadori,1865[18] West and center, East, Southern Africa
CR[19]
Himalayan vultureG. himalayensisHume,1869[20]
NT[21]

Two fossil species have been described:

References[edit]

  1. ^"Accipitridae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-07-26.
  2. ^Savigny, Marie Jules César(1809).Description de l'Égypte: Histoire naturelle(in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Imprimerie impériale. pp.68,71.
  3. ^Mayr, Ernst;Cottrell, G. William, eds. (1979).Check-List of Birds of the World.Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 305.
  4. ^Jobling, James A. (2010).The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names.London: Christopher Helm. p. 183.ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^Gill, Frank;Donsker, David;Rasmussen, Pamela,eds. (August 2022)."Hoatzin, New World vultures, Secretarybird, raptors".IOC World Bird List Version 12.2.International Ornithologists' Union.Retrieved2 December2022.
  6. ^Hablitz, C. L. (1783)."Vultur fulvus Briss".Neue nordische Beyträge zur physikalischen und geographischen Erd- und Völkerbeschreibung, Naturgeschichte und Oekonomie.4:58–59.
  7. ^BirdLife International(2017)."Gyps fulvus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22695219A118593677.
  8. ^Gmelin, J. F. (1788)."Vultur bengalensis".Caroli a Linné, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.Vol. I (13th aucta, reformata ed.). Lipsiae: Georg Emanuel Beer. pp. 245–246.
  9. ^BirdLife International (2017)."Gyps bengalensis".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22695194A118307773.
  10. ^Forster, J. R. (1798)."Le Chasse-siente, der Rothjäger. No. 10 (V. Coprotheres)".F. le Vaillant's Naturgeschichte der afrikanischen Vögel.Halle: Bey Fried. Christoph Dreyssig. pp. 35–37.
  11. ^BirdLife International (2021)."Gyps coprotheres".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2021:e.T22695225A197073171.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22695225A197073171.en.Retrieved10 December2021.
  12. ^Scopoli, J. A. (1786–88)."Aves".Deliciae Flora et Fauna Insubricae Ticini. An account including new descriptions of the birds and mammals collected by Pierre Sonnerat on his voyages.London: C. J. Clay. pp. 7–18.
  13. ^BirdLife International (2017)."Gyps indicus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22729731A117875047.
  14. ^Gray, G.R. (1844)."Vulturinae, or Vultures".The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera.Vol. 1. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 5–6.
  15. ^BirdLife International (2017)."Gyps tenuirostris".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22729460A117367614.
  16. ^Brehm, A. (1852)."Beiträge zur Ornithologie Nord-Ost Afrikas, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Europa vorkommenden Arten der Vögel".Naumannia.2(3): 38–51.
  17. ^BirdLife International (2017)."Gyps rueppelli".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22695207A118595083.
  18. ^Salvadori, T. (1865)."Descrizione di una nuova species d'Avoltojo (Gyps africana) ".Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia(126): 1.
  19. ^BirdLife International(2018)."Gyps africanus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2018:e.T22695189A126667006.
  20. ^Hume, A. O. H. (1869)."Gyps fulvus,Gmel. (Gyps himalayensis,nobis.) ".My scrap book: or rough notes on Indian oology and ornithology.Calcutta: C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press. pp. 12–18.
  21. ^BirdLife International (2016)."Gyps himalayensis".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T22695215A118594518.
  22. ^Lydekker, R. (1890)."On the remains of some large extinct birds from the cavern-deposits of Malta".Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.28(III): 403–411.
  23. ^Marco, A. S. (2007). "New occurrences of the extinct vultureGyps melitensis(Falconiformes, Aves) and a reappraisal of the paleospecies ".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.27(4): 1057–1061.doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1057:NOOTEV]2.0.CO;2.S2CID198131101.
  24. ^Boev, Z. (2010)."Gyps bochenskiisp. n. (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Late Pliocene of Varshets (NW Bulgaria) ".Acta Zoologica Bulgarica.62(2): 211–242.
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