White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, David Christie, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 22, 2016
Text last updated April 22, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witkopaasvoël |
| Bulgarian | Белогуш лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor capblanc |
| Czech | sup červenozobý |
| Danish | Hvidhovedet Grib |
| Dutch | Witkopgier |
| English | White-headed Vulture |
| English (United States) | White-headed Vulture |
| Finnish | kirjokorppikotka |
| French | Vautour à tête blanche |
| French (France) | Vautour à tête blanche |
| German | Wollkopfgeier |
| Hebrew | נשרון לבן-ראש |
| Icelandic | Ullgammur |
| Japanese | カオジロハゲワシ |
| Norwegian | hvithodegribb |
| Polish | sęp białogłowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abutre-de-cabeça-branca |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abutre-de-cabeça-branca |
| Russian | Белоголовый гриф |
| Serbian | Beloglavi afrički strvinar |
| Slovak | sup červenozobý |
| Spanish | Buitre Cabeciblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre cabeciblanco |
| Swedish | vithuvad gam |
| Turkish | Ak Başlı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Гриф білоголовий |
| Zulu | ukhandelimhlophe |
Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Vultur occipitalis
Burchell, 1824. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa 2, p.329,note.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Makkwari = Matlowing River, Botswana.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TRIGONOCEPS
- occipitalis
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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 White-headed Vulture
