Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos(Forster, JR, 1796)
English (US) Lappet-faced Vulture
The Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) 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.
- Scientific name
- Torgos tracheliotos
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1796)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Torgos tracheliotos negevensis
- Torgos tracheliotos tracheliotos
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur tracheliotus
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1796)
- Type locality
- Great Namaqualand.
- Original description
- Le Vaillant's neue Reise in das Innere von Afrika, während der Jahre 1783 bis 1785 3 p.363 pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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