Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (3)
Jaume Orta, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, Ernest Garcia, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 2, 2016
Text last updated September 2, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Egiptiese Aasvoël |
| Albanian | Kali i qyqes |
| Arabic | رخمة مصرية |
| Armenian | Գիշանգղ |
| Asturian | Zapiquera |
| Azerbaijani | Leşcil ağ kərkəs |
| Basque | Sai zuria |
| Bulgarian | Египетски лешояд |
| Catalan | aufrany comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白兀鹫 |
| Croatian | crkavica |
| Czech | sup mrchožravý |
| Danish | Ådselgrib |
| Dutch | Aasgier |
| English | Egyptian Vulture |
| English (United States) | Egyptian Vulture |
| Finnish | pikkukorppikotka |
| French | Percnoptère d'Égypte |
| French (France) | Percnoptère d'Égypte |
| Galician | Voitre branco |
| German | Schmutzgeier |
| Greek | Ασπροπάρης |
| Hebrew | רחם מדברי |
| Hungarian | Dögkeselyű |
| Icelandic | Skarngammur |
| Italian | Capovaccaio |
| Japanese | エジプトハゲワシ |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿ ರಣಹದ್ದು |
| Lithuanian | Egiptinis maitvanagis |
| Malayalam | തോട്ടിക്കഴുകൻ |
| Mongolian | Дэлт ёл |
| Norwegian | åtselgribb |
| Persian | کرکس کوچک |
| Polish | ścierwnik |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abutre do Egipto |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Britango |
| Romanian | Hoitar |
| Russian | Стервятник |
| Serbian | Bela kanja |
| Slovak | zdochlinár biely |
| Slovenian | Egiptovski jastreb |
| Spanish | Alimoche Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alimoche común |
| Swedish | smutsgam |
| Turkish | Küçük Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Стерв’ятник білий |
Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Vultur Percnopterus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.87.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NEOPHRON
- percnopterus
- Percnopterus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Egyptian Vulture
