Himalayan Vulture
Gyps himalayensisHume, AO, 1869
English (US) Himalayan Vulture
The Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) 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: Himalayas from northwestern India to Tibet and west-central ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gyps himalayensis
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Himalayan Vulture
- Described by
- Hume, AO, 1869
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gyps Himalayensis
- Described by
- Hume, AO, 1869
- Type locality
- Himalayas.
- Original description
- My scrapbook: or rough notes on Indian oology and ornithology p.12,15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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