White-rumped Vulture
Gyps bengalensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
English (US) White-rumped Vulture
The White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) 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: lowlands of Iran to India, southwestern China, and southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gyps bengalensis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- White-rumped Vulture
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur bengalensis
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
- Type locality
- Bengal.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] p.245
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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