Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Aasvoël |
| Albanian | Shkaba |
| Arabic | نسر اسمر اوراسي |
| Armenian | Սպիտակագլուխ անգղ |
| Asturian | Utre comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Ağbaş kərkəs |
| Basque | Sai arrea |
| Bulgarian | Белоглав лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor comú |
| Chinese (SIM) | 兀鹫 |
| Croatian | bjeloglavi sup |
| Czech | sup bělohlavý |
| Danish | Gåsegrib |
| Dutch | Vale Gier |
| English | Eurasian Griffon |
| English (India) | Eurasian Griffon (Griffon Vulture) |
| English (Kenya) | Eurasian Griffon Vulture |
| English (UK) | Griffon Vulture |
| English (United States) | Eurasian Griffon |
| Finnish | hanhikorppikotka |
| French | Vautour fauve |
| French (France) | Vautour fauve |
| Galician | Voitre común |
| German | Gänsegeier |
| Greek | Όρνιο |
| Hebrew | נשר מקראי |
| Hungarian | Fakó keselyű |
| Icelandic | Gæsagammur |
| Italian | Grifone |
| Japanese | シロエリハゲワシ |
| Latvian | Baltgalvas grifs |
| Lithuanian | Palšasis grifas |
| Malayalam | ജടായു |
| Mongolian | Ухаа хажир |
| Norwegian | gåsegribb |
| Persian | دال معمولی |
| Polish | sęp płowy |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Grifo-comum |
| Romanian | Vultur sur |
| Russian | Белоголовый сип |
| Serbian | Beloglavi sup |
| Slovak | sup bielohlavý |
| Slovenian | Beloglavi jastreb |
| Spanish | Buitre Leonado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre leonado |
| Swedish | gåsgam |
| Turkish | Kızıl Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Сип білоголовий |
Revision Notes
Alfredo Salvador evaluated and updated the entire account, as possible.
Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Vultur fulvus
Hablizl, 1783. Neue Nordische Beyträge 4, p.58.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Samamisian Alps, Gilan, Iran.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- fulvum / fulvus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Scientific name definitions
Alfredo Salvador
Version: 5.0 — Published March 22, 2024
Version: 5.0 — Published March 22, 2024
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