Gypinae

Gypinae[1] is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae.

Gypinae
Lappet-faced vultures (left) and a white-backed vulture
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypinae
Genera

See text.

Synonyms

Aegypiinae

Species

SubfamilyGenusCommon and binomial namesImageRange
Gypiinae Aegypius Cinereous vulture
Aegypius monachus
Southwestern and central Europe, Turkey, the central Middle East, northern India, central and east Asia
Aegypius jinniushanensis Formerly China
Aegypius prepyrenaicus Formerly Spain
Gyps Griffon vulture
Gyps fulvus
Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia
White-rumped vulture
Gyps bengalensis
Northern and central India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia
Rüppell's vulture
Gyps rueppelli
The Sahel region of central Africa
Indian vulture
Gyps indicus
Central and peninsular India
Slender-billed vulture
Gyps tenuirostris
The Sub-Himalayan regions of India and into Southeast Asia
Himalayan vulture
Gyps himalayensis
The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau
White-backed vulture
Gyps africanus
Savannahs of west and east Africa
Cape vulture
Gyps coprotheres
Southern Africa
Necrosyrtes Hooded vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sarcogyps Red-headed vulture
Sarcogyps calvus
The Indian Subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia
Torgos Lappet-faced vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia
Trigonoceps White-headed vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis
Sub-Saharan Africa. Extinct populations occur in Indonesia.[2]
Neogyps

† = extinct

References

  • Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead, and Philip Burton. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-12762-7. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  • Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (1999). Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Illustrated by Clive Byers et al. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04910-6. OCLC 43578307.
  • Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (November 2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15925523. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  1. "TiF Checklist: AFROAVES I: Coliiformes and Accipitrimorphae — Vultures and Hawks". jboyd.net. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. Hanneke J.M.; et al. "Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island" (PDF). Repository.si.edu. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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