Gypinae
Gypinae[1] is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae.
Gypinae | |
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Lappet-faced vultures (left) and a white-backed vulture | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Gypinae |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Aegypiinae |
Species
Subfamily | Genus | Common and binomial names | Image | Range |
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Gypiinae | Aegypius | Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus |
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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 |
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Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia | |
White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis |
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Northern and central India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia | ||
Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli |
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The Sahel region of central Africa | ||
Indian vulture Gyps indicus |
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Central and peninsular India | ||
Slender-billed vulture Gyps tenuirostris |
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The Sub-Himalayan regions of India and into Southeast Asia | ||
Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis |
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The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau | ||
White-backed vulture Gyps africanus |
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Savannahs of west and east Africa | ||
Cape vulture Gyps coprotheres |
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Southern Africa | ||
Necrosyrtes | Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | |
Sarcogyps | Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus |
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The Indian Subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia | |
Torgos | Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos |
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Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia | |
Trigonoceps | White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis |
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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.
- "TiF Checklist: AFROAVES I: Coliiformes and Accipitrimorphae — Vultures and Hawks". jboyd.net. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- 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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