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Griffon Vultures

Gyps

Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae. Created by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809, it contains the following extant species:

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Eurasian Griffon

speciesGyps fulvus

White-backed Vulture

speciesGyps africanus

Himalayan Griffon

speciesGyps himalayensis

Rüppell's Griffon

speciesGyps rueppelli

Cape Griffon

speciesGyps coprotheres

White-rumped Vulture

speciesGyps bengalensis

Indian Vulture

speciesGyps indicus

Slender-billed Vulture

speciesGyps tenuirostris

Gyps fulvus × rueppelli

hybridGyps fulvus × rueppelli

Gyps coprotheres × rueppelli

hybridGyps coprotheres × rueppelli

Gyps africanus × coprotheres

hybridGyps africanus × coprotheres

Gyps africanus × rueppelli

hybridGyps africanus × rueppelli

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5362.