Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Monotypic
Matthew F. Jones
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 3, 2017
Text last updated November 3, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голям жълтоглав лешояд |
| Catalan | zopilot selvàtic |
| Czech | kondor větší |
| Dutch | Grote Geelkopgier |
| English | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture |
| English (United States) | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture |
| Finnish | amazoniankondori |
| French | Grand Urubu |
| French (France) | Grand Urubu |
| German | Wald-Gelbkopfgeier |
| Japanese | オオキガシラコンドル |
| Norwegian | skogkondor |
| Polish | sępnik żółtogłowy |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | urubu-da-mata |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Urubu-da-mata |
| Russian | Большая желтоголовая катарта |
| Serbian | Veliki žutoglavi lešinar |
| Slovak | kondor modrotemenný |
| Spanish | Aura Selvática |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Jote Cabeza Amarilla Grande |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Gallinazo Cabeciamarillo Mayor |
| Spanish (Peru) | Gallinazo de Cabeza Amarilla Mayor |
| Spanish (Spain) | Aura selvática |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Oripopo Cabeza Amarilla Mayor |
| Swedish | skogsgam |
| Turkish | Büyük Sarı Başlı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Катарта лісова |
Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore, 1964
PROTONYM:
Cathartes melambrotus
Wetmore, 1964. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 146 no.6, p.15.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kartabo, Guyana.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CATHARTES
- melambrotus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
