White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanusSalvadori, AT, 1865
English (US) White-backed Vulture
The White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) 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: open plains and savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gyps africanus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- White-backed Vulture
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1865
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Salvadori, AT, 1865
- Type locality
- Sennar.
- Original description
- Notizia storica dei lavori fatti dalla Classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino negli anni 1864 e 1865 p.133
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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