Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Afrikaans | Witrugaasvoël |
Asturian | Utre africana |
Basque | Sai gibelzuri afrikarra |
Bulgarian | Белогръб лешояд |
Catalan | voltor dorsiblanc africà |
Czech | sup africký |
Danish | Hvidrygget Grib |
Dutch | Witruggier |
English | White-backed Vulture |
English (United States) | White-backed Vulture |
Finnish | savannikorppikotka |
French | Vautour africain |
French (France) | Vautour africain |
Galician | Voitre africano |
German | Weißrückengeier |
Hebrew | נשר לבן-גב |
Hungarian | Fehérhátú keselyű |
Icelandic | Skellugammur |
Japanese | コシジロハゲワシ |
Norwegian | hvitryggribb |
Polish | sęp afrykański |
Portuguese (Angola) | Grifo-de-dorso-branco |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Grifo-africano |
Russian | Африканский сип |
Serbian | Beloleđi sup |
Slovak | sup hrdzavohnedý |
Slovenian | Sajasti plešec |
Spanish | Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano |
Spanish (Spain) | Buitre dorsiblanco africano |
Swedish | vitryggig gam |
Turkish | Ak Sırtlı Akbaba |
Ukrainian | Сип африканський |
Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- africanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 4, 2015
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Authors
Alan C. Kemp, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Kemp, A. C., D. A. Christie, G. M. Kirwan, E. F. J. Garcia, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whbvul1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- November 4, 2015
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Authors
Alan C. Kemp, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Kemp, A. C., D. A. Christie, G. M. Kirwan, E. F. J. Garcia, and C. J. Sharpe (2015). White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.