The Key to Scientific Names
- GYMNOGYPS
(Cathartidae; Ϯ California Condor G. californianus) Gr. γυμνος gumnos bare, naked; γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture; the bare-headed California Condor teetered on the brink of extinction, but, thanks to extensive conservation efforts, has now been reintroduced to parts of its former range in the western USA; "11e Genre: GYMNOGYPS, Lesson; Cathartes, Temm.; sarcoramphus, Vigers [sic]. Am. orientale. 12. Gymnogyps californianus, Less.; Vultur californianus, Latham; Shaw, misc. ix, pl. 301; Lewis et Clark, It. 3, p. 48; Douglas, Zool. Journ. iv, 328; Cathartes vulturinus, Temm., pl. col. 31; Cathartes californianus, Bon., 22; Sarcoramphus californianus, Vig., Zool. Journ. 2, 375; Swainson, north. zool. p. 1; Nuttal, 1, 39. Hab. la Californie." (Lesson 1842); "Gymnogyps Lesson, Écho du Monde Savant (2), 6, 1842, p. 1037. Type, by monotypy, Vultur californianus Shaw." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 191).
Synon. Antillovultur, Geronogyps, Pseudogryphus.