Red-headed Vulture Sarcogyps calvus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
William S. Clark, Guy M. Kirwan, and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 15, 2013
Text last updated March 15, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | ৰজা শগুণ |
| Bulgarian | Червеноглав лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor cap-roig |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑兀鹫 |
| Czech | sup holohlavý |
| Danish | Rødhovedet Grib |
| Dutch | Indische Oorgier |
| English | Red-headed Vulture |
| English (United States) | Red-headed Vulture |
| Finnish | kalmokorppikotka |
| French | Vautour royal |
| French (France) | Vautour royal |
| German | Kahlkopfgeier |
| Hebrew | נשרון אדום-ראש |
| Icelandic | Pjötlugammur |
| Japanese | ミミハゲワシ |
| Malayalam | കാതിലക്കഴുകൻ |
| Norwegian | rødhodegribb |
| Polish | sęp łysy |
| Russian | Красноголовый гриф |
| Serbian | Crvenoglavi strvinar |
| Slovak | sup červenohlavý |
| Spanish | Buitre Cabecirrojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre cabecirrojo |
| Swedish | rödhuvad gam |
| Thai | พญาแร้ง |
| Turkish | Kızıl Başlı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Гриф червоноголовий |
Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786)
PROTONYM:
Vultur calvus
Scopoli, 1786. Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2, p.85.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Pondicherry, India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SARCOGYPS
- calvus
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-headed Vulture
