Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus(Temminck, CJ, 1823)
English (US) Hooded Vulture
The Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes 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: savanna of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Necrosyrtes monachus
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Hooded Vulture
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cathartes monachus
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.38, vol.1 pl.222
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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