Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 25, 2013
Text last updated June 25, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witaasvoël |
| Bulgarian | Палмов лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor de les palmeres |
| Czech | orlosup palmový |
| Dutch | Palmgier |
| English | Palm-nut Vulture |
| English (United States) | Palm-nut Vulture |
| Finnish | palmukorppikotka |
| French | Palmiste africain |
| French (France) | Palmiste africain |
| German | Palmgeier |
| Icelandic | Pálmagammur |
| Japanese | ヤシハゲワシ |
| Norwegian | palmegribb |
| Polish | palmojad |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abutre-das-palmeiras |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abutre-das-palmeiras |
| Russian | Пальмовый гриф |
| Serbian | Palmin lešinar |
| Slovak | orlosup strakatý |
| Spanish | Buitre Palmero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre palmero |
| Swedish | palmgam |
| Turkish | Palmiye Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | Гриф пальмовий |
| Zulu | inqemvuma |
Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Falco angolensis
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I] 1 pt1, p.252.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Angola.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPOHIERAX
- angolae / angolense / angolensis / angolica / angolicus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Palm-nut Vulture
