Slender-billed Vulture
Gyps tenuirostrisGray, GR, 1844
English (US) Slender-billed Vulture
The Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) 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: Kashmir through base of Himalayas to southeastern AsiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gyps tenuirostris
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Slender-billed Vulture
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 1, pt.2 p.6 pl.[3]
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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