Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Cinereous Vulture
The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Accipitridae (Kites, Old World Vultures, Eagles, and Hawks) in the order Accipitriformes.
Range: Mediterranean basin to eastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegypius monachus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Cinereous Vulture
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur Monachus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Arabia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.122
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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